Category: Agriculture
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Defra’s farming roadmap now faces a hard delivery test nationally. Long-term food security depends on turning the 2050 framework into investment and production confidence.
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Sustainable Foods Summit Europe has sharpened focus on ingredient resilience. Supply-chain risk, biodiversity, AI-supported sourcing, and cost pressure dominated the Amsterdam programme.
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Daabon has acquired Agropalma assets to deepen traceable palm supply. The deal adds plantations, extraction plants, refinery capacity, and protected forest area in Brazil.
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Prepworld is recalling prepared fruit packs after Salmonella was detected. The affected products were sold through several major UK retailers.
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UK deforestation rules will sharpen commodity traceability obligations for manufacturers. Cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, and rubber are covered.
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Branston has expanded Tom Seagrief’s added-value potato production leadership remit. The role covers prepared retail, B2B peeling, and mash operations.
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Flavourfresh has moved premium tomatoes into paper-based punnets with Paranova. The FibreFresh launch follows investment in Boix forming technology.
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Suntory has added blackcurrant processing capacity at a Herefordshire facility. The site supports Ribena’s UK crop and manufacturing chain.
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FPT engines will support an Algerian powdered milk production scheme. The generator sets will power irrigation for a major dairy project.
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Heat stress is changing more than raw milk volume alone. Cornell research links higher temperatures to shifts in milk fat and protein, creating pressure on dairy ingredient consistency.