Tag: agricultural economics
Why Ukraine is suing its closest ally Poland
Vienna Ukraine is dependent on its agricultural exports – and not only faces obstacles in the Black Sea. Poland, Hungary and Slovakia still do not allow Ukrainian imports of grain…
Bayer boss Bill Anderson starts the first phase of the restructuring
Bayer boss Bill Anderson The American wants to reorganize the company and streamline processes. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Dusseldorf The American Bill Anderson has been head of the pharmaceutical and agricultural…
Sales of laboratory meat in the EU applied for
Dusseldorf The manufacturer of Bärchenwurst wants to sell hot dogs with meat from cell cultures in the future. A subsidiary of In Family Foods has submitted an application to the…
America’s rivers are drying up – threatening supply chains and tourism
new York The ongoing drought threatens the most important waterways in the USA: Logistics on the Mississippi, the most important American transport river, is in danger for the second year…
Bayer lowers forecast due to write-downs on glyphosate business
Glyphosate use in agriculture The herbicide is the best-selling crop protection product worldwide. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Frankfurt A weak agricultural business has a negative impact on Bayer’s annual targets. For…
Bayer lowers forecast due to write-downs on glyphosate business
Bayer factory The price of glyphosate and similar products has fallen. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Because of the meager demand for crop protection products containing glyphosate, Bayer is lowering its annual…
Bayer lowers forecast due to write-downs on glyphosate business
Bayer factory The price of glyphosate and similar products has fallen. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Because of the meager demand for crop protection products containing glyphosate, Bayer is lowering its annual…
Why things are going badly and how the industry will continue
Dusseldorf Bad news from the chemical industry is almost the order of the day: when industry leader BASF recently issued a profit warning, the share only fell slightly. Investors had…
“Ukraine urgently needs the sea route” – What the end of the grain deal means
Grain harvest in Ukraine The expiry of the agreement is also bad news for Ukrainian farmers. (Photo: AP) Riga, Geneva The grain deal was extended several times so that Ukraine…
Russia halts Ukrainian grain export deal
Cargo ship loaded with grain In 2022, despite the war, thanks in part to the grain deal, Ukraine was able to export more than 38 million tons of grain and…
WHO classifies sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic”.
Dusseldorf The sweetener aspartame is widespread – in diet drinks as well as in sugar-free chewing gum, low-calorie yoghurt, desserts or sweets. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research…
Glyphosate: EU food authority sees no cancer risk
Glyphosate use in agriculture The herbicide is the best-selling crop protection product worldwide. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Dusseldorf The highest EU authority for food safety (EFSA) still does not consider the…
Genetic engineering is already that important for medicine
Dusseldorf The EU wants to significantly facilitate the use of genetic engineering in agriculture. But the technology has long been used more and more in other areas: Genetic engineering should…
EU wants to allow genetic engineering in agriculture: Organic farmers are appalled
Corn plants in BASF research in North America Researchers, farmers and agricultural companies should now also be able to enter the biotech business on a large scale in Europe. (Photo:…
EU wants to allow genetic engineering in agriculture: Organic farmers are appalled
Corn plants in BASF research in North America Researchers, farmers and agricultural companies should now also be able to enter the biotech business on a large scale in Europe. (Photo:…
What the farmer of the past has over modern man
A farmer on a tractor Farming has changed a lot as a result of industrialization. (Photo: mauritius images / Cavan Images) Dusseldorf For a long time, rural agriculture was a…
Producer prices in agriculture fall for the first time in two years
Agriculture in Lower Saxony Grain in particular is now significantly cheaper again after the price wave caused by the Ukraine war has subsided. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the case of…
Price for milk falls at discounters – Aldi and Kaufland present
Dairy products at discounters Kaufland and Aldi start with significant discounts on the liter of milk, but also cheese, yoghurt and other products. (Photo: IMAGO/Martin Wagner) Dusseldorf The prices for…
Price for milk falls at discounters – Aldi and Kaufland present
Dairy products at discounters Kaufland and Aldi start with significant discounts on the liter of milk, but also cheese, yoghurt and other products. (Photo: IMAGO/Martin Wagner) Dusseldorf The prices for…
Can indoor wheat help with crop failures in the future?
Wheat in the “climate chamber” of the Technical University of Munich Five to six harvests should be possible per year. (Photo: Technical University of Munich) Freising What actually happens when…