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Agriculture/Farming

Lifestyle

A Japanese Pinot Noir town blessed by climate change now worries about the weather

Manila’s move to extend the curb aims to protect local farmers, especially during the peak harvest season.
Energy & Commodities

World’s biggest rice buyer Philippines to prolong import ban

Roel van Poppel, Chief Sustainability Officer for leading global plant based food ingredients’ supplier OFI
ESG

Olam Food Ingredients well-placed to cushion tariff impact on food prices, says CSO

Efforts by the countries to lower trade tensions have led to expectations that China could direct more agriculture purchases to the US as part of a deal with Trump.
Energy & Commodities

Trump says China’s Xi using soy as negotiation tactic ahead of talks

Beijing has been pushing top pig producers to cut capacity to tackle oversupply and bolster pork prices, an important component of the consumer price index in the Asian nation.
Energy & Commodities

China’s pork prices slump with weak holiday demand boost

Bjorn Low, chief urban farmer and co-founder of Edible Garden City, has been recognised as leader of the year at the 2025 Sustainability Impact Awards.
Sustainability Impact Awards
IMPACT LEADER OF THE YEAR (INDIVIDUAL)

‘Moderator in nature’: Edible Garden City’s Bjorn Low wants to sow green ideas that will outlast him

Several industry experts expressed scepticism over the structure of the plan as well as the country’s readiness to manage a massive influx of cattle.
ASEAN Business

Dairy duty: Indonesia presses businesses to find a million cows

Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines could also emerge as key importers of US corn.
Global Enterprise
ANALYSIS

Asia’s pledge to boost US farm imports may redraw trade flows

Roasters have largely been reluctant to commit to tariff-related price increases for fear that consumers will pull back spending.
Energy & Commodities

Coffee drinkers face new jolt as tariffs fuel price hike

The world will reap a record rice harvest of about 541 million tonnes in 2025 to 2026.
Opinion & Features

Rice can feed the world – even with fewer farmers

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