CropsDrought to cut EU soybean output by a fifth to 2.4 million tonnes, Donau Soja forecasts
Average yields are 15 per cent below the five-year norm, and the bloc's soya self-sufficiency is forecast to slip from 8 per cent to about 6 per cent.
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CropsSyngenta third-quarter sales drop 10% as European heat curbs spraying
Syngenta's third-quarter sales fell to $5.2bn and EBITDA to $800m as drought and heat in Europe cut crop protection demand, though nine-month EBITDA rose 1% to $3.2bn.
EnvironmentNestlé and BirdLife to count farmland birds to test regenerative farming
A three-and-a-half-year project by Nestlé and BirdLife Europe will measure selected bird populations on participating European farms to judge whether regenerative practices deliver real gains for wildlife.
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Europe's summer heat killed more than 50,000 in cities, the worst on record, study estimates
Modelling of 854 urban areas estimates more than 50,000 heat-related excess deaths in Europe between June and August 2026, about two-thirds of them attributed to human-caused climate change.
LivestockChicken will overtake pork in Europe within 10 to 15 years, says Agrofert's meat trader
Animalco chief executive Juraj Seketa said demand for cheap, easy poultry is rising in Europe and Asia, and the Czech group is adding a new poultry slaughter line at home.
EnvironmentEurope now collects 71% of empty plastic pesticide containers
CropLife Europe says container collection schemes now run in 24 EU member states, the plastic collection rate has risen from 65% to 71%, and more than 92% of what is collected is recycled.
AgrotechSolar panels over crops: can agrivoltaics keep Europe's farmland farmed?
Agrivoltaics, which puts solar panels above or between crops, is spreading in Spain and Italy with EU and state money, but researchers say its benefits depend on the site and farmers' unions warn it can serve investors more than growers.
AgrotechDanone and Michelin open a shared precision fermentation plant in France
France's Biotech Open Platform, founded by Danone, Michelin and partners with over EUR 20 million, has opened a 15-cubic-metre fermentation facility to help start-ups scale food and material ingredients from lab to industry.
EnvironmentSummer heatwaves left half of Europe breathing unsafe ozone, Copernicus finds
The EU's atmosphere monitoring service says 50% of Europeans faced poor or worse ground-level ozone from June to August, as heat and wildfires drove a pollutant that is also a greenhouse gas and harms crops.
CropsEurope's processing-potato heartland harvests almost a quarter less
DCA Market Intelligence puts the 2026 crop in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany at about 20.8 million tonnes after acreage cuts and a hot, dry season.
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EU project PROCEED aims to cut Europe's reliance on imported feed protein
A €5.5 million, five-year Horizon Europe project with 20 partners will build regional hubs linking legume growers, processors and livestock farmers, as a quarter of EU feed protein is still imported.
CropsDrought could cost British potato growers up to £169m as Europe loses 3.5 million tonnes and processing prices surge
ECIU analysis puts British yields about 11 percent below the five-year average and Belgium's down 21 percent; processors in Britain are paying more than £300 a tonne against £180 at the start of the year.
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From Floods in Bangladesh to Heatwaves in Europe: El Nino Grips World Weather
Floods, landslides, typhoons and heatwaves from Bangladesh to Europe are being linked to El Nino, which the World Meteorological Organization warns will grow stronger in the coming months.