Hundreds of thousands of chickens to be culled after Covid disruption
About half of staff at poultry plant in Norfolk have had to self-isolate after 75 tested positive for coronavirus At least 400,000 chickens are being culled in the UK as… »
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Pinduoduo’s latest aim: sell $145 billion farm produce in 2025
Still working to turn a profit and shake off its fake-goods reputation, China’s e-commerce upstart Pinduoduo set itself another ambitious goal for 2025: surpass 1 trillion yuan or $145 billion… »
Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO
Experts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s… »
Jane Goodall: humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19
Primatologist calls for overhaul of food habits to prevent a future pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Humanity will be “finished” if we fail to drastically… »
EU demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal
Exclusive: clause in negotiating mandate for Michel Barnier will create hurdle to US-UK deal All the day’s political news – live The EU will demand that the UK maintains a… »
Immigration: firms will need to train more UK workers, says Priti Patel
‘Economically inactive’ Britons could do jobs in sectors where there are shortages under new system, home secretary says Companies will need to train more British workers to fill vacancies when… »
UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers
Government plans to take ‘full control’ of borders a disaster for economy and jobs, say industry leaders and Labour Britain is to close its borders to unskilled workers and those… »
Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round
Modern agriculture involves fields of mind-boggling size, and spraying them efficiently is a serious operational challenge. Pyka is taking on the largely human-powered spray business with an autonomous winged craft… »
Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted since 1970
Quarter of mammals and nearly half of birds assessed are at risk of extinction, says State of Nature report Populations of the UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an… »
FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest $14.5M in funding
Automating agriculture is a complex proposition given the number and variety of tasks involved, but a number of robotics and autonomy companies are giving it their best shot. FarmWise seems… »
$1m a minute: the farming subsidies destroying the world
‘Perverse’ payments must be redirected to measures such as capturing carbon, report says The public is providing more than $1m per minute in global farm subsidies, much of which is… »
Brexit enforcer Cummings’ farm took €235,000 in EU handouts
Boris Johnson aide, a strident critic of Brussels, is accused of hypocrisy over payments Boris Johnson’s controversial enforcer, Dominic Cummings, an architect of Brexit and a fierce critic of Brussels,… »
UK hemp farmers ‘devastated’ after being forced to destroy crop
Oxfordshire farmers launch campaign against Home Office policy on hemp cultivation Two hemp farmers say they have been left devastated after they were forced to destroy 40 acres of the… »
Revealed: rampant deforestation of Amazon driven by global greed for meat
Investigation exposes how Brazil’s huge beef sector continues to threaten health of world’s largest rainforest The cows grazed under the midday Amazon sun, near a wooden bridge spanning a river…. »
Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land – report
Study finds most sensitive plant and wildlife habitats are worst affected, yet government has no clear plans to monitor impact Ammonia and nitrogen pollution, mostly from farms, is harming more… »
UK will cut most tariffs to zero in event of no-deal Brexit
Tariffs to vanish from 87% of imports, not including certain meat, dairy and other products Tariffs will be cut to zero on 87% of imports to the UK as part… »
VCs have growing appetite for ‘AgriFood’
Venture investors are pouring billions of dollars into feeding their hunger for food and agriculture startups. Whether that trend line is due to enthusiasm for the sector or just broader… »
World’s food supply under ‘severe threat’ from loss of biodiversity
Plants, insects and organisms crucial to food production in steep decline, says UN The world’s capacity to produce food is being undermined by humanity’s failure to protect biodiversity, according to… »
Officials warn of putrefying piles of rubbish after no-deal Brexit
Exclusive: leaked emails show officials planning crisis centres to manage halt in waste exports to EU Government officials are preparing to deal with “putrefying stockpiles” of rubbish in the event… »
Secret filming shows sick cows slaughtered for meat in Poland
Undercover film raises fears of serious health risks from major EU exporting country Undercover footage that appears to show extremely sick cows being smuggled into a Polish slaughterhouse and sold… »
World’s first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin
Scientists can now quickly determine a chick’s gender before it hatches, potentially ending the need to cull billions of male chicks worldwide The world’s first ever no-kill eggs are now… »
Teaching STEM through the wonders of larva harvesting
There’s hardly enough room to turn around in Livin Farms’ office. Pretty standard, really, in Central, Hong Kong, where space is at a perpetual premium. It’s a small operation for… »
Grim milestone comes as Joe Biden’s incoming chief of staff says 500,000 could die in US next month; EU states raise concerns about Pfizer slowdown German vaccine officials forced to… »
All foreign arrivals will also have to quarantine in toughening of measures in response to new strains Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has announced… »
