AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoFarm Profitability: Scottish farms averaged just £500 in agricultural profit in 2024–25, prompting NFU Scotland to seek emergency energy support and stronger safeguards for domestic food production. Olive Harvest: Attacks on Palestinian farmers and harvesters are intensifying in the West Bank; the EU has called for accountability and protection for farmers and journalists. Farm Support: Haiti is distributing vegetable seed kits to more than 2,000 farmers to diversify crops and boost local food production. Crop Protection: Researchers say spectroscopy can detect potato blight before visible symptoms, potentially giving growers time to intervene early. Olive Oil Finance: Tunisia’s central bank urged lenders to fund the full olive-oil chain, from harvesting and milling to storage and exports. Weather Risks: El Niño could threaten 44,772 hectares of rice and corn in the Philippines’ Cordillera region, while drought has devastated some UK pumpkin crops ahead of Halloween.
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