Insights and Stories on General

Indian police block roads to halt farmers marching to New Delhi

Feb. 12, 2024 at 9:51 am CST

Indian police on Monday blocked roads to halt farmers who were marching to New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021 when thousands of growers camped out on major highways leading to the country's capital.

P&H plans Hamilton site expansion

Feb. 9, 2024 at 3:02 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

War teaches Ukrainian farmers tough lessons

Feb. 9, 2024 at 1:35 pm CST

By Ihor Pavliuk

U.S. dicamba ruling won’t touch Canada: Bayer

Feb. 9, 2024 at 12:31 pm CST

By Robert Arnason

Farmers Edge owner Fairfax Financial shorted on alleged asset manipulation

Feb. 9, 2024 at 10:23 am CST

By Reuters

More grain ships diverted from Red Sea due to Houthi attacks

Feb. 9, 2024 at 9:44 am CST

More ships carrying grain were diverted from the Suez Canal to sailings around the Cape of Good Hope this week as concern about attacks on vessels in the Red Sea continued, shipping analysts said on Friday.

By Reuters

Photo of protesting farmers facing a line of police in riot gear.

Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

Feb. 8, 2024 at 9:45 am CST

Spanish farmers drove tractors through city streets, disrupting traffic on Thursday as they stepped up their protests against soaring costs, bureaucracy and cheap competition from outside the European Union.

By Reuters

US court cancels approvals for widely used dicamba weedkillers

Feb. 7, 2024 at 1:22 pm CST

A U.S. court has nullified the government's latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers who spray the products on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to resist them.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Louis Dreyfus plans pea protein plant in Sask

Feb. 7, 2024 at 11:21 am CST

Louis Dreyfus Company will build a pea protein production facility in Saskatchewan as it invests in plant-based protein as part of a push to diversify its agricultural commodity activities.

By Reuters

Tractors drive down a highway near Paris, France.

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

Feb. 6, 2024 at 5:32 pm CST

The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for the region's fight against climate change ahead of EU elections.

By Kate Abnett Reuters