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Igc Cuts Global Wheat Crop Outlook on Poor EU Harvest
Date: November 21, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – The International Grains Council (IGC) said on Thursday it has trimmed its forecast for 2024/25 global wheat production driven partly by a diminished outlook for the European Union. The inter-governmental body, in its monthly update, cut its 2024/25 wheat crop outlook by 2 million metric tons to 796 million tons. EU wheat...
Thousands of British Farmers Protest Against ‘tractor Tax’ on Inheritance
Date: November 19, 2024
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of farmers protested at Britain’s parliament on Tuesday, some driving tractors through central London, to demand the scrapping of an inheritance tax that they say will destroy family farms and threaten food production. The measure, dubbed the tractor tax by critics and announced in the new government’s budget last...
Exclusive-Ukraine 2025 Wheat Crop Seen Rising on Larger Sowing Area, Minister Says
Date: November 19, 2024
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s wheat harvest may increase to up to 25 million metric tons next year from an expected 22 million tons this year thanks to a larger sowing area, the first deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy told Reuters in an interview. In the first official forecast for next year’s harvest,...
British Farmers to Protest Against ‘tractor Tax’ in London
Date: November 19, 2024
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of British farmers will march to Parliament Square on Tuesday to protest against the end of an inheritance tax exemption that has helped family farms pass down the generations, saying the move will threaten food production. Seeking to raise funds to fix public services, finance minister Rachel Reeves...
Exclusive-Russia’s Grain Trader Demetra Buys Large Stocks of Sunflower Seeds in Oct
Date: November 16, 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Demetra, one of the country’s largest agriculture trading and logistics firms, has been accumulating massive stocks of sunflower seeds in October, four market and industry sources said on Friday, amid a surge in global and domestic prices. One market source said that Demetra bought about 150,000-200,000 metric tons in October, another...
Bayer Says 2025 Earnings Could Decline Further on Bleak Agriculture Outlook
Date: November 12, 2024
By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Bayer’s earnings will likely slip further next year on weak agricultural markets, the company said on Tuesday, pummelling its shares and piling more pressure on its chief executive to deliver on turnaround efforts. CEO Bill Anderson has launched a push to cut jobs, speed up decision making...