Agriculture/Farming

FMC to launch restructuring plan, targets plant closures and Asia cost cuts

The agrichemicals firm is a key player in the insecticide and fungicide market

Archisen co-founder and CEO Vincent Wei says: “Young people today want to work with technology and contribute meaningfully to society, whether through food resilience or sustainability... This is not just farming. It is the future of farming.”

Malaysia to break ground on Southern Agropolis in January, unlocking ‘plug-and-play’ food hub for JS-SEZ

Farmers from the region are expected to move into the site by Q3 2026, with commercial production slated to begin in 2027

Some farmers have blamed imports for falling rice prices, saying countries such as India, Vietnam and Thailand are undercutting their crops.

Trump eyes tariffs on cheap Canadian fertiliser, Indian rice

The US president is facing mounting pressure to address high consumer prices and persistent inflation

In 2021, Liu Chang visited a pig farm in Huanghua, Hebei.

The reluctant heiress who saved her father’s agriculture empire

Amid mounting losses, Liu Chang instilled a “wartime culture”

The coastal areas surrounding the Seto Inland Sea account for more than three-quarters of Japan's farmed oyster production.

Japan oysters dying 'en masse', likely due to warmer sea: officials

OYSTERS in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country’s top production area, likely due to warmer sea temperatures, officials said on Monday (Dec 1).

"McNuggetisation" – the moment America hit in the 1980s, when meat ceased to be aspirational, and became sort of cheap and trashy instead – is on its way to China.
THE BOTTOM LINE

‘McNuggetisation’ is coming for the Chinese diet

The story of the modern Chinese diet is one of scarcity, boom and bust

Syngenta makes crop protection products, including herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.

Syngenta is said to mull Hong Kong IPO after Shanghai pulled

A big chunk of the offerings come from Chinese companies pursuing a second listing in the city to help support their overseas expansion

The eight-storey farm has been taken over by land-based fish farm operator AquaChamp and local construction and engineering firm HPC Builders.

New owners to revive fish farms vacated by troubled Apollo, Barramundi groups

The building at Neo Tiew Crescent in Lim Chu Kang will be used to grow vannamei prawn and food fish

The event features more than 10 local farms that showcased their local produce to interested restaurants and brands.
TAKING HEART

RWS partners Kranji Countryside Association to support local farmers

The resort operator provides a platform for Singapore-based farms to raise awareness about produce grown here