Many news media today have picked up this study linking weather extremes with food price spikes by examining individual products and not just aggregate food prices, open access iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

JRC working paper projects EU population changes forward to 2040 by type of region - urban, intermediate and rural, with remote rural regions experiencing both ageing and population decline, chart shows trends by NUTS3 regions joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and...

Results of elections to the French Chambers of Agriculture show marked advance for Coordination Rurale, stable vote for Confédération Paysanne while vote share for FNSEA fell below 50% for first time, full analysis by Jean Marie Seronie www.agroeconomie.com/single-post/...

Euro area inflation creeps up to 2.4% in December, food price inflation running at 2.7% https://buff.ly/40g5w5A. Higher world market prices for meats, dairy, veg oils (but not cereals) in 2024 means we could see higher food price inflation in first half of 2025 https://buff.ly/3EDXx6a .

Defra compares UK TFP growth in agriculture with some other European countries in this chart. Ireland's improved performance since 2011 coincides with relaxation and then removal of EU dairy quota https://buff.ly/4fx1g7w

When able to freely choose among a list of potential food concerns, UK consumers report food prices as their top concern, following by health and then sustainability concerns https://buff.ly/3Ddhd5k