Agriculture

Ministers called on the EU to increase the funding of the €60bn subsidy scheme for the Common Agricultural Policy in an effort to calm protests after Belgian farmers blocked roads and lit tyres on fire in central Brussels. The CAP is…

The post-Brexit farm subsidy scheme is not better than the previous EU model and big landowners still receive unfair advantages. Minette Batters, the NFU president who will step down in February, has criticized the post- EU Brexit…

British berry producers have accused supermarkets that they are pocketing profits from higher soft fruit prices, and not compensating struggling producers fairly. According to British Berry Growers (a trade group), retailers paid the…

Bunge, a global crop merchant, will buy Viterra for $8.2 billion in cash and shares. This deal creates a giant agricultural company that can compete with the biggest trading houses who move grains, oilseeds, and pulses directly from farms…