Agriculture/farming

Sinkholes in Turkey’s agricultural heartland fuel farmers’ concerns

A drone view shows sinkholes formed in the middle of a farmland in Konya province, Turkey, December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 19, 2025

A police officer walking with a wounded man, during protests by farmers in Brussels on Dec 18 against the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal between the EU and the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

France drafts in army for cattle vaccinations to defuse farmer protests

Soldiers carrying new vaccine doses aimed at containing an outbreak of lumpy skin disease affecting French cattle, in Toulouse, France, on Dec 18.

Does it really matter where our food is grown?

Singapore must be realistic in view of the trade-offs with more critical and competing uses of land resources.

Hungary winemakers fear disease may ‘wipe out’ industry

An outbreak of the flavescence doree disease has ravaged Europe's wine regions, including in Hungary.

‘Stop the slaughter’: French farmers block roads over cow disease cull

Tractors blocking a motorway in southwestern France on Dec 13, as farmers protest over what they see as the heavy-handed culling of cows over lumpy skin disease.

Putin meets Indonesia’s Prabowo to discuss military, energy ties and wheat exports

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 10, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

Prosecutors say major US investor in Russia's agriculture is extremist

FILE PHOTO: Russian flag and wheat grains are seen in this illustration taken September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US farmers say Trump’s $15.5b bailout won’t end industry slump

Many believe the US farm economy will continue to be mired in this downturn throughout the coming year.

Ghostwriters, polo shirts, and the fall of a landmark pesticide study

Bayer said it would phase out Roundup for US residential use in 2023 in response to growing lawsuits.

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