Ukraine-Russia

An Eastern European agricultural organisation has issued a plea to farmers and agricultural companies across Europe to help get aid to Ukraine, where Russian troops have stepped up attacks on the farming sector.

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has stepped up its campaign to protect local producers by once more appealing to government and retailers to recognise the growing pressures the industry faces from the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine.

Former Russian president and senior security official Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to limit agricultural exports to ‘friendly’ countries only, describing food as the country’s ‘quiet weapon’.

With food security increasingly on the mind of all countries, Minister for Climate Change and Environment Mariam Almheiri spoke to Farmers Guardian about how the UAE was looking to reduce its reliance on imports

With disruption to the 2022 Ukrainian harvest now a certainty, Cedric Porter takes a look at how fears of a global grain shortage are driving global cereal markets

Since Putin’s invasion, Ukraine has rarely been out of the headlines. But less attention has been paid to how Russians are handling sanctions. Abi Kay speaks to a Moscow farm manager to see how the ag sector is faring.

The Environmental Campaigner accused the NFU of taking a ’cynical and opportunistic’ approach to rule changes

Signs that world food prices are being driven up by investors speculating on financial markets are beginning to emerge, according to a food academic.

The war in Ukraine has created a perfect storm of wheat shortages and massive hikes in the price of diesel and fertiliser.