Agriculture

Portugal is one of the country’s in the world which stands out for having the greatest resilience when it comes to food production. This is according to the UK current affairs magazine the [...]

In ten years, national production of fruits such as raspberries and blackberries has more than tripled, going from 27,600 tons in 2015 to 91,400 tons in 2025, confirming Portugal as a benchmark [...]

A new trade agreement signed with the United States has brought across-the-board losses for exporters of agricultural products from the 27 EU member states, including Portugal. This is according [...]

A correction in the price of olive oil has caused exports of agricultural foodstuffs and beverages to fall for the first time in 10 years. Exports fell 4.5% to €7.8Bn in 2025 according to the [...]

The agricultural industry generated added value equivalent to 1.2% of the European Union’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a percentage slightly above the value calculated in 2009, reveals [...]

After 25 years of talks, the EU signed the EU-Mercosur trade deal on Saturday, creating a 700 million-person free-trade area. Ratification is still pending, however, with the European Parliament [...]

Cerealis, which as nine factories and Better Foods, which has four factories, have reached an agreement to merge their respective milling operations in Portugal creating one large group which [...]

The president of the Confederation of Farmers of Portugal (CAP) says he is concerned over the execution of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) but says that he lives in hope that “miracles do [...]

Olive oil production in Portugal is expected to fall by about 20% this year when compared to the previous season. The drop is due to the impact of extreme heat and the lack of rain over the past [...]

Last year Portugal was the EU’s third largest tomato producer behind Italy and Spain according to the EU’s statistics office Eurostat. According to data on 2024 harvests, Portugal produced 1.7 [...]