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Climate legislation
EU backs down on agricultural emissions after farmers’ protests
...In a letter to the commission on Monday, the Greens said farmers were “trapped in a system that was crushing them” and Brussels should propose measures including a windfall tax on agri-food companies to...
February 5, 2024
Letter
Letter: Farmers can have a whole new role in rural policy
...They suggest a new role for farmers that, yes, delivers food but also so much more. David Haggie Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK...
February 28, 2024
FT Live
Climate Capital Live
The leading global platform for climate science, finance and business
Wednesday, 19 March 2025London, UK & Online
Letter
Letter: Why farmers have a beef with climate change policy
...We absolutely need our farmers to do their job and produce our food in a fair market....
February 23, 2024
FT Schools
Economics class. ‘It’s too wet’: UK food security at risk because of record rain, farmers warn
...demand and supply diagram, analyse the factors contributing to record high prices for Maris Piper potatoes Evaluate the extent to which a buffer stock scheme could be used to support farmers Gavin Clarke...
April 14, 2024
News in-depthUK agriculture
‘It’s too wet’: UK food security at risk because of record rain, farmers warn
...“If you’re not guaranteed a consistently good return, farmers will look at using the land in a different way,” he said, adding that farmers needed more support from the government to build resilience against...
April 13, 2024
News in-depthAgricultural commodities
Latin American cocoa farmers rush to expand planting as prices spike
...Farmers in Latin America are rushing to plant cocoa as the price of chocolate’s main ingredient soars amid a global shortage of supplies....
April 23, 2024
FT Live
Financial Times @COP
FT Live events coinciding with COP
Monday, 11 NovemberBaku, Azerbaijan
Letter
Letter: African cocoa farmers will have the last laugh
...Meanwhile, as global cocoa demand outstrips supply and stockpiles are depleted, West African farmers will have a bumper harvest and may finally get to dictate global markets and savour the sweetness of their...
March 1, 2024
Letter
Letter: Don’t make African farmers bear the brunt of EU green policies
...But the point made about how smallholder farmers exporting to the EU are being displaced by large agribusinesses, as the cost of compliance to the new deforestation regulation (DR) bites, is one that could...
March 26, 2024
FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
Spotify grows up
...Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...
April 24, 2024
Camilla Cavendish
The metropolitan elite has ignored farmers for too long
...camilla.cavendish@ft.com Letters in response to this article: Farmers can have a whole new role in rural policy / From David Haggie, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK Cheap food contradictions / From Christopher...
February 24, 2024
ReviewMusic
New York Philharmonic’s Olga Neuwirth premiere — a restless, fascinating new piece
...The first of the 19 works premiered in February 2020, the project continuing with the reopening of David Geffen Hall and with three premieres this spring, including the Thursday night performance of Olga...
April 22, 2024
Agricultural production
Ministers urge EU to increase subsidies as farmers protest in Brussels
...Ministers agreed that proposals put forward by the European Commission last week aimed at cutting red tape for farmers trying to access CAP funds were “a step in the right direction”, said David Clarinval...
February 26, 2024
Europe Express
Farmers on the march Premium content
...As we see in the chart below, Europe faces a wave of retirements among older farmers....
February 17, 2024
Letter
Letter: A farmer makes the case for teaching Pythagoras
...Being a farmer I find this very useful when buying and selling grain. But no wonder children are put off. We have a Soviet-style system of teaching where there is the prescribed way, and nothing else....
December 29, 2023
News updates from February 7: Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire demand, Disney unveils $3bn buyback
European parliament gives go-ahead for farmers to use gene editing on crops
...EU lawmakers have voted to approve a controversial law that will make it easier for farmers to use gene editing to improve the resilience of crops....
February 7, 2024
FT Live
Moral Money Summit Europe
Unlocking opportunities for a greener and fairer world
Wednesday, 22 MayThe Biltmore Mayfair, LXR Hotels & Resorts, Grosvenor Square, London, UK
Q&AThe Questionnaire
Farmer and actor Kelvin Fletcher: ‘What would I have done differently? Gone into the corporate world’
...Moving to a farm, with a family, having never farmed before: regardless of what due diligence you’ve done or your plan, it’s a risk....
March 23, 2024
Letter
Letter: Why is no one marching for a Free Sudan?
...David Lewis London W1, UK...
February 29, 2024
Europe Express
Why Europe’s farmers are still on the warpath Premium content
...Context: Farmers have been demonstrating across the EU for more than a year now, blockading roads with tractors and throwing manure....
February 23, 2024
EU trade
EU agrees fresh curbs on Ukrainian food after farmers’ protests
...The EU has agreed to reduce imports of many Ukrainian foodstuffs to appease protesting farmers who claim a glut has reduced their income....
March 20, 2024
Letter
Letter: Corralling civil servants into a DC plan is hard bit
...If only there was a chunk of spare cash around to ease that transition! David Cule Punter Southall London WC2, UK...
February 28, 2024
UK agriculture
UK government sets out bigger post-Brexit subsidies for farmers
...In a report based on interviews with 40 farmers, the OFC found that the sector was subsidising cheap food, and that farmers were routinely being paid below the cost of production....
January 4, 2024
EU trade
EU states agree to curb Ukrainian poultry imports to pacify farmers
...EU cereal prices are at a four-year low. The surge in imports has exacerbated protests by farmers about greater costs and regulation....
March 27, 2024
UK agriculture
Sunak bids to win back support of British farmers
...Many farmers have said they are unable to turn a profit, let alone reinvest to boost productivity....
February 19, 2024
Agriculture
Farmers storm Paris agriculture fair as Macron promises more help
...French farmers put their blockades on hold a few weeks ago after a series of government measures, but tension has risen again in recent days....
February 24, 2024
News in-depthJapanese business & finance
Japan turns to avatars, robots and AI to tackle labour crisis
...With 43 per cent of Japanese farmers aged over 75 and the average age of all farmers at almost 68, Tmsuk’s chief executive and founder Yoichi Takamoto said Japan had little choice but to embrace a robot...
January 22, 2024

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