All Drought articles – Page 28
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Let consumers vote on GM with their wallets
We must bridge the knowledge gap so shoppers can base decisions on science, not scare stories
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News
Commodities: Does vegetable oil price rise herald economic recovery?
Supply shortages are good news for staple vegetable oil crops - but are doing little to boost the fortunes of more expensive ones, reports Mintec's Robert Miles
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News
Commodities: Will the 'exceptional' spike in the price of wheat recur?
After hitting record highs last year, commodity prices are back to more reasonable levels. But how much volatility lies ahead, asks James Ball
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News
Oz wine industry must rationalise to survive
The Australian wine industry must rationalise to cope with tough market conditions and growing competition from the likes of Chile and South Africa, a leading winemaker has warned.Australian Vintage, which makes Tesco and Sainsbury's...
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News
Stores face OJ drought after Sunjuice administration
Major retailers face a shortage of freshly squeezed orange juice this weekend after supplier Sunjuice - a subsidiary of Serious Food Company - went into administration this week.
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News
Trouble ahead for dairy market as demand falls
The global dairy market is set for a troubled year as increased production meets weakening demand, a major US report has warned.Recession in the US, Japan and the EU would dramatically reduce global demand for dairy products, claimed the US...
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News
Truffle drought turns French to cloning
Enthusiasts could soon be dining on cloned truffles after French scientists announced plans to reproduce the luxury fungi in the laboratory.
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News
'Wall of leaves' putting off shoppers for salads
Leafy salad sales are being lost by the multiples as a result of poor merchandising in-store, an industry expert has claimed.Supermarkets had a tendency to create a "wall of leaves" that was inaccessible and confusing to consumers, according...
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NewsBroccoli defies inflation as price drops 26%
Poor crops and rocketing supply chain costs have caused produce to increase in price – in some cases by almost 30% year-on-year, reports Richard Ford
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News
It's time to reopen the GM debate
As food price inflation bites and fears over global food security mount, experts are asking whether GM could be the answer. But the silence of the food industry has been deafening. Nick Hughes reports
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News
Time for action: we need to triple crop production
As we move from a land of plenty to a land of uncertainty, what can be done to combat the food crisis?Mexican tortilla chip riots, empty shelves in Venezuela, beef export bans in Argentina, export taxes on Russian wheat and pasta...
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News
The price of sustainability
The annual jamboree that is the CIES World Food Business Summit is usually a pretty boisterous affair. Not this year. At last week's Growth and Sustainability-themed event in Munich, it was as though someone had been told they'd got a...
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Comment & Opinion
Time to take rules on competition seriously
Susan Singleton Solicitor, principal, SingletonsSir; The recent OFT raids and pricing investigations might make supermarkets feel their sector, which arguably has delivered better value and low prices to the consumer than others,...
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Comment & Opinion
It's GM time, so why is it taking so long?
It's GM time, so why is it taking so long? Tony Combes WokingSir; The FDF is right to ask "Could GM be the solution to our global food crisis?" (The Grocer, 26 April, p24)....
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News
Will the panic over prices be stemmed?
World food stocks are at an all-time low. If all food production stopped today, the planet would have just 40 days' worth of food. That was the sensational claim of Professor John Beddington, the government's chief scientist, in a speech about...
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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News
2008 international wine survey: ...half empty?
Being a wine expert in the UK has been a cheap pastime for a decade. The price of a bottle of plonk, however, is about to rocket. Global factors such as lousy weather and bad harvests mean some international markets will no longer be able to sustain...
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News
Syngenta develops black watermelons
Black seedless watermelons are among the new products that have been developed to tap into growing consumer demand for alternative fresh produce. The black Dolina watermelons, which are actually dark green, will be unveiled by Syngenta...
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News
Other countries fill gap left by Aussie drought
The difficult 2006/2007 vintage in Australia is now beginning to have an impact on UK wine supplies, according to importer Vinoceros.The company has been forced to source a Chilean wine for the latest addition to its previously...