All news on the topic: Agriculture

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Fresh deaths at Del Monte Kenya farm spark calls for independent investigation
Bereaved families and politicians have raised alarm about continued killings on Del Monte’s pineapple farm in Kenya despite the company hiring G4S to replace its in-house security team after previous deaths were exposed by the Guardian.
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Swiss groups launch referendum to block Malaysia trade deal over palm oil concerns
In June 2026, the Swiss Parliament approved the EFTA–Malaysia free trade agreement. Concerns had been raised early in the negotiations about the tariff reductions on palm oil that were ultimately adopted.
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Hidden rise of Britain’s mega-dairies exposed as thousands of cows remain permanently confined indoors
In a quiet corner of the rolling Somerset countryside lies a farm. It is almost completely hidden from public view – a private road leads up to the facility, dominated by several vast steel-framed buildings and conical feed silos.
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Arla survey: 13% of farmers ready to quit dairy production due to staff shortage
The Arla cooperative says five in six farmers receive very few or zero applications for job vacancies
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Agrarian mafia in power: how Greek ministers looted EU subsidies under the prime minister’s protection
The prime minister is wielding his parliamentary majority to prevent a full-scale investigation into ministers suspected of wrongdoing.
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Brexit changes under Starmer may threaten farmers’ harvests
The UK will have to ban many pesticides, hitting food production, with farmers already reeling from Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid
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Trump imposes 25% tariffs on EU imports, stating that the European bloc was ’formed to screw us’
Donald Trump has announced 25% tariffs on imports from the EU, stating that the bloc was "formed to screw" the USA.
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US to push UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal
US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers
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Thousands of farmers protest against changes to inheritance tax
Thousands of people have protested in London over changes to inheritance tax for farmers announced in the Budget.
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Toxic vegetables? In Kenya, former farm workers sue over pesticide exposure
Sickness and death befell the former employees of a British farm who allegedly worked with pesticides. Now, they want justice.