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Mergers in agribusiness are building strategic economic blocks of tomorrow
Only yesterday, two major mergers took place in the agribusiness world. In Brazil, Sadia and Perdigao will now form the world’s largest poultry producer, as the new company is larger than Tyson Foods....
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The Great Unseen Land Grab
Interesting article from The Economist on how some countries are already organizing and securing their food supplies for the future. Major political-economic chess game in the running. Buying farmland...
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Biofuels may be a non issue
Biofuels is a topic that divides many people. To some, it is a solution to reduce dependence on oil, and to others it is an insane idea. I do not think that biofuels will be a discussion topics for...
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Canada’s meat, grain sectors eye EU trade
This is an interesting article, that shows that when you want to be market-driven, opportunities will come your way. Here is the story of Canadian beef that might be sold in the EU, if the producers...
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Rabobank: Sourcing grains critical in animal feed-to-food chain
This is an article from World-Grain.com about a report from Rabobank on their outlook of a growth for meat of 50% between now and 2025 and its consequences on feed-to-food value chains. Albert...
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The future price of meat and fish: up
With a world population increasing strongly and an agricultural area that will not grow accordingly, the law of offer and demand clearly indicates that agricultural prices will increase in the future....
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USDA experiments with grain harvesting device
Here is a nice illustration of what I meant with my article “Innovation and tradition shape the future“. This is an article from WorldGrain.com describing the result of a test on a new harvesting...
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Feeding the world in 2050 – FAO coming summit
This question seems to keep many people busy, and this article sums up a number of conclusions drawn by the FAO about the subject. The information that I find the most interesting is their estimate of...
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Avesthagen-Limagrain deal in Atash Seeds Ltd: solution-driven and market-driven
On October 29 2009, Avesthagen from India and Limagrain from France signed a cooperation deal. As such, nothing exceptional, except that it brings a leading seed selection company together with an agro...
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Future Harvests – The book is coming soon!
The editing of my book “Future Harvests – The next agricultural revolution” is about completed. All that is left to do is developing the cover and start the publishing. I have already received...
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Future Harvests – A preview of the book
My book, Future Harvests, is expected to be published before the end of August. Here is a preview to give you a flavor of the content. For a full view, please click on the thumbnails....
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The Russian heat wave gives some people sunstroke
The heat wave combined with the drought in wheat-producing region of Russia is causing some concerns, as the wheat production will be affected. That is annoying but not terribly threatening. Moreover,...
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What a game changer my book is!
Future Harvests has been published less than two weeks ago, and it is going to change my company rather profoundly. What started as a blog on the side of The Happy Future Group Consulting Ltd. is now...
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Consumers shape food production systems
Although it is tempting to think that food production systems are created by agribusiness, they depend greatly on the choices and the attitude of consumers and society. For humans, food is not just...
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The locavore’s dilemma
There is a growing trend, or at least a growing noise in favour of eating locally produced food. The “locavores” as they are called, claim that 100-mile food is the way to a more sustainable...
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