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The European Union will enforce Regulation 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste starting 12 August 2026, with a phased rollout extending to 2040. The rule applies to all food packaging, including imports, and mandates recyclability by 2030, higher recycled‑content thresholds for plastics, and stricter labelling and conformity standards. A legally binding Declaration of Conformity must accompany every package, and exporters will need to provide compliance documentation throughout the supply chain. The regulation also limits PFAS and bans certain single‑use plastic items, aiming to cut waste and boost reuse.
Jiffy has launched Jiffy Pot R3, a plastic‑free, fiber‑based container designed for retail bedding plants, herbs, perennials and landscaping crops. The pot is fully recyclable in the paper waste stream and can be planted directly into soil or larger containers. Compared with...
BioWorks Europe, part of the BioFirst group, is expanding its footprint across Europe as biosolutions transition from niche alternatives to a structural component of modern crop protection. The company highlighted its biodegradable pheromone diffusion clips for Lobesia botrana in vineyards...
Wireless Value partnered with Van der Knaap Group to create a load‑cell weighing system that measures substrate moisture for pepper cultivation. Together with BBM Company, the solution was re‑engineered into a modular, greenhouse‑agnostic frame that can be installed quickly, even...
Royal Air Maroc Cargo is expanding its cold‑storage footprint at Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport, adding a 590 m² warehouse with five temperature‑controlled chambers—three for imports and two for exports. The upgrade targets the growing demand for fresh‑produce, flower and pharmaceutical shipments...
Hormel Foods has rolled out the o9 artificial‑intelligence planning platform across more than 70 of its facilities, linking demand, supply and inventory in a single system. The deployment, completed between March and December 2025, aims to shift the company from...
Japanese startup Fermelanta has developed a platform that inserts nearly 30 plant genes into a single E. coli strain, allowing microbial fermentation of complex, rare plant secondary metabolites in one step. The technology bypasses traditional CRISPR tools and promises cheaper,...
Kawa Project has developed an upcycled powder made from spent coffee grounds that mimics industrial cocoa in taste and functionality. The product offers a more stable supply chain and price consistency compared with volatile cocoa markets. Economically, the alternative becomes...
U.S. agriculture is undergoing rapid consolidation as the number of farms fell 150,000 in five years, a rate three times faster than the loss of farmland, while farm bankruptcies surged 46% year‑over‑year. Severe wildfires in Nebraska scorched over 800,000 acres,...
Missouri’s Department of Agriculture reports an unusually early onset of alfalfa weevil activity, driven by March temperatures that were roughly seven degrees above normal. Some growers have already begun pesticide applications, with a few contemplating a second spray before the...
U.S. farms operating biogas capture systems have more than doubled over the past five years, reaching over 630 installations according to the American Biogas Council. Dairy farms dominate the sector, accounting for nearly 80% of the projects, while California alone...
Iowa’s southeast and east‑central fields are greening as cover crops emerge with warming spring temperatures. Extension agronomist Rebecca Vittetoe notes that growers are already planning termination timing based on objectives such as erosion control, weed suppression, or forage. Some producers...
An analysis by Global Witness shows that UK cocoa imports triggered over 2,000 hectares (≈4,940 acres) of deforestation in 2025, chiefly in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Since the 2021 Environment Act, total forest‑risk commodity exposure linked to UK imports has...
German agri‑tech firm AgrarPro has unveiled the ProTube Prime, a new distribution head for precision fertilisation of liquid manure streams. The system can be configured with 20 to 48 outlets and offers 40 mm or 50 mm diameters, keeping hydraulic resistance constant even...
Circulate Capital announced the first close of its second climate‑focused fund, securing $220 million to back agri‑food startups tackling emissions. European and Asian innovators also drew sizable capital, including Standing Ovation’s $34 million round, Nature Robots’ €4 million ($4.4 million) for AI‑driven robotics, and...
