Government statistics show that Croatia posted an impressive agricultural growth of 9.23% in 2022 over 2021’s. More importantly, the growth rate ranks as the third highest in the European Union (EU) since 2015. An increase in youthful farmers, who grew by 66% since 2015, has helped boost the sector through value creation. The fact that young farmers...
Barely four months after heavy precipitation in July led to a spike in dairy prices in Maine and Vermont from lack of feed, an even heavier storm has hit New England. The December 18 storm in North-east United States left flood waters in urban centers and low-lying coastal areas. The storm came along a northeasterly warm current that...
FD Berries USA is currently harvesting strawberries on its farm in Sebring, Florida at a time of high demand. The agricultural company began operations in April, 2018 in Mexico with 50 hectares of blueberries and since then has expanded into Florida. To learn more, Selina Wamucii spoke to Andrew Pidgeon, Director of Marketing at Fibredust, whose subsidiary is...
Despite a value decline of 10.3%, Mississippi’s agriculture still managed to post its second biggest returns ever of $8.8 billion in 2023. Poultry took the worst beating, losing 23% from 2022 but still emerged the state’s champ in value, raking in $3.1 billion. Soybeans, on the other hand, banked on biodiesel demand to emerge first among crops....
Starbucks has blamed its union workers for initiating a protest against the coffee chain via a pro-Palestinian tweet. Two months after suing the union for the social media post, the company now calls the tweet a corporate ‘misrepresentation.’ The beverage seller has been handling customer boycotts over the barista union’s “solidarity” comments since October 2023. This coincided with the...
Following a post-Brexit trade breakthrough of December 8, 2023, the UK and the European Union (EU) will exploit common fisheries beginning 2024. The EU will gain access to EUR 1 billion ($1.093 billion) of fish stocks to Britain’s £970 million ($1.22 billion). The billion-Euro financial estimate of EU’s stocks comes from the current wholesale prices of fish, with inflation...
Onion-tight Nepal has decided to sound the alarm and request for onions following India’s restrictions on exports. An unidentified official at the Industry Ministry in Nepal said on December 18 that the government will implore India for onion imports. The government wishes to extend courtesy to Nepal’s onion traders, who have sent in a similar request....
Onion prices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have soared multiple times after the main supplier, India, banned exports. The price jumped from AED 3 ($0.82) per kilo in January to AED 4.95 ($1.33) a kilo in December 2023. The rate for imported white onions, on the other hand, is around AED 7.95 ($2.16) per kg at local supermarkets. ...
Four of the five largest shipping firms in the world will veer from the Red Sea route due to attacks. This decision has put oil and seaborne wheat shipments on the line. Yemeni Houthis have intensified attacks on ships they link to Israel, a country also facing war-fueled trade disruption. The Iran-supported rebels claim to have...
South Korea intends to end profitable dog meat business, even as the Philippines announces cuts in 2023 meat imports. These two happenings are rocking the East Asia meat scene in the holiday season when meat consumption is usually high. In South Korea, the new bill seeks a stoppage in rearing dogs for meat production as well as...