Amid the sprawl of drab, dusty concrete factories in Shunde district in the southern Chinese city of Foshan, one gleaming new structure stands out.

China is expected to have a food supply gap of about 130 million tonnes by the end of 2025, as its urban population continues to grow and its rural workforce ages, state media said on Monday, citing a report by a government think tank.

Bank tellers are out and robotics engineers are in, according to a new report that says the coronavirus recession is accelerating technological changes that could displace 85 million jobs within the next five years.

In the past few months there has been multiple instances of European and US officials hinting at the possibility of a new military draft, the EU has talked openly about boots on the ground in Ukraine, NATO officials have stated unequivocally that they WILL NOT accept a loss in Ukraine to the Russians and the Kremlin has warned once again that nuclear weapons are on the table if western troops enter the war.

Farming has always been a challenging profession, but today’s farmers face a unique set of pressures that demand a shift in thinking.

The global planting machinery market is poised for substantial growth, with projections indicating that it will exceed USD 34.7 billion by 2032.

Agriculture, one of humanity’s oldest industries, is undergoing a transformation that’s both rapid and necessary. Faced with challenges like climate change, resource scarcity, and the growing demands of a rising global population, the sector is embracing innovative solutions to secure its future.

We sometimes gloss over the signs that progress continues, and that we’re still living at the best time ever to be alive.

The UK and European agricultural economies have been on a slow journey back to more stable conditions in the wake of the disruptive effects of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. While agricultural trading patterns have shifted to account for these, new shocks such as the conflict in the Middle East continue to drive economic uncertainty for the coming years.

 It’s that time of new year, when I consult my crystal glass to glimpse where the wine world is going next. Some powerful, important trends are still ongoing, some wacky ones are thankfully disappearing, and others are brand-new.

La Niña is here!

 Between November 2023 and October 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced yearly average temperature increases above 2° Celsius.

The Green Revolution got off to a rocky start. In the fall of 1944, Norman Borlaug, who would become known as the revolution’s father, moved to Mexico to set up a plant-breeding program. Right away, he came down with a stomach crud. It was, he would later tell an interviewer, “the usual tourist thing,” except that it lasted for weeks.