The heat is putting agriculture in France in crisis.
France, the leading agricultural producer in Europe, faces its poorest corn harvest since 1990. The heatwave is also affecting poultry farms, while fertilizer price increases linked to the war in the Persian Gulf are weighing on costs.
How will the EU fertilize its States?
Brussels intervenes with new aid and industrial strategies as the rise in fertilizer prices fuels fears of a food crisis and new uprisings in European rural areas. Facts, figures, and comments.
What is happening between Trump and American farmers. Economist report
American farmers are being squeezed by Trump, yet they continue to support him. An in-depth analysis by the weekly magazine The Economist.
What Brussels is doing about the high energy costs affecting agriculture and fishing
Despite the risk of fraud, Brussels has launched a temporary state aid framework that provides for a simplified application for subsidies covering up to 70% of additional costs and compensation up to 50,000 euros for farmers, fishermen, and truck drivers affected by the surge in fuel and fertilizer prices linked to the Middle East crisis. Facts, figures, and comments.
Do Big Tech companies decide what we should eat? Apparently, yes.
According to the think tank International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Alibaba, through the use of AI and in collaboration with agrochemical companies such as Bayer, BASF, and Corteva, influence farmers on what to grow, often focusing on the most productive and profitable crops. Facts, figures, and comments.
Here is what the EU-funded diet entails.
According to a British study, beef and lamb receive 580 times more subsidies from the EU compared to legumes, despite Brussels promoting a transition towards more plant-based dietary models and scientists also urging to obtain a greater share of protein from other sources. Facts, figures, and comments.
