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Padraig Nolan

Agriculture Reporter

8 Articles

About Padraig

Padraig reports on agriculture and food: harvests, input costs, weather shocks and policy. His recurring question is how a change on the farm reaches the supermarket shelf, and who absorbs the difference along the way.

Areas of Expertise

Farming food production agri-commodities

Latest Articles

Egyptian Mango Exporters Eye European Gains as Spain’s Harvest Shrinks
Agriculture

Egyptian Mango Exporters Eye European Gains as Spain’s Harvest Shrinks

A 30% drop in Spanish production and lower Indian supply are opening a profitable window for Egyptian mango exporters—bu...

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Egypt Imports 223,000 Tonnes of Food as Wheat and Soybeans Lead Weekly Arrivals
Agriculture

Egypt Imports 223,000 Tonnes of Food as Wheat and Soybeans Lead Weekly Arrivals

Wheat and soybean shipments dominated Egypt's food imports in mid-July, with Russia remaining the top supplier. The Nati...

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Egypt’s Poultry Industry Seeks Formal Commodity Exchange Listing to Tame Prices
Agriculture

Egypt’s Poultry Industry Seeks Formal Commodity Exchange Listing to Tame Prices

Moves to list poultry on Egypt’s commodity exchange aim to boost transparency and protect producers squeezed by a 15-pou...

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France’s Loi Duplomb 2 reopens battle over banned insecticides as organic sector sounds alarm
Agriculture

France’s Loi Duplomb 2 reopens battle over banned insecticides as organic sector sounds alarm

A parliamentary commission meets to finalize a bill that could reintroduce two neurotoxic insecticides, threatening the ...

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Poultry Hormone Denial and Water Fraud Crackdown Highlight Egypt's Food Integrity Challenges
Agriculture

Poultry Hormone Denial and Water Fraud Crackdown Highlight Egypt's Food Integrity Challenges

Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture reassures consumers that hormone use in poultry is a myth, attributing rapid growth to g...

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EPA Proposes Ending DEF-Induced Engine Deratements, Offering $12 Billion Relief to Truckers and Farmers
Agriculture

EPA Proposes Ending DEF-Induced Engine Deratements, Offering $12 Billion Relief to Truckers and Farmers

EPA's proposed rule aims to end diesel engine deratements from DEF failures, saving truckers an estimated $12 billion wh...

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Imports Undermine Nigeria’s Rice, Auto & Tractor Industries, Local Manufacturers Warn
Agriculture

Imports Undermine Nigeria’s Rice, Auto & Tractor Industries, Local Manufacturers Warn

Cheaper foreign rice, vehicles, and farm equipment are flooding the Nigerian market, threatening to reverse years of inv...

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Nigeria–Morocco AI Crop Monitoring Deal Targets Food Security Data Gaps Across 15 States
Agriculture

Nigeria–Morocco AI Crop Monitoring Deal Targets Food Security Data Gaps Across 15 States

A satellite-AI platform will give Nigeria’s government real-time crop intelligence after years of food inflation driven ...

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