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Three charged over theft of lambs from farm on UK royal estate
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
Norfolk Police said that Sarah Foy, 23, Rose Patterson, 34, and Rosa Sharkey, 23, had been charged with theft, three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to ...
New UCF project examines key role soils play in keeping the planet cool
Aug 21, 2023 (SPX)
Funded by a nearly $750,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the research will examine a method to keep carbon from escaping soil...
High heat can serve up food insecurity within days
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
A week of extreme temperatures in India, for example, means an additional eight million people will likely experience serious food insecurity, according to find...
Taiwan slams China's ban on mango imports
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
The import ban came after Beijing conducted military drills around the island on Saturday, a day after Taiwanese Vice President William Lai returned from a visi...
US sets up panel in trade spat with Mexico over GMO corn
Aug 17, 2023 (AFP)
The panel, under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, takes aim at earlier plans unveiled by Mexico to gradually substitute the use of genetically enginee...
Wine grape disease spotted from skies above California
Aug 11, 2023 (JPL)
Using an airborne science instrument developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, researchers have found that they can accurately spot ...
US orange juice prices hit record after storms, crop disease
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
Futures of the commodity for delivery in September stood above $3 a pound on Thursday, more than a dollar above their level a year ago. Futures reached $3.20 in...
NASA data helps Bangladeshi farmers save water, money, energy
Aug 04, 2023 (SPX)
So when researchers from the University of Washington and Bangladesh's Ministry of Agriculture joined forces to use data from NASA and its partners to help the ...
China to remove tariffs on Australian barley as ties improve
Aug 04, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing imposed hefty levies on key Australian exports such as barley, beef and wine in 2020, leveraging its economic muscle at the height of a bitter dispute w...
Austria farmers up in arms over Brussels GMO plans
Aug 03, 2023 (AFP)
"I think it's outrageous... They have a nerve even considering this," organic farmer Beate Brenner told AFP on her farm in a small village surrounded by grain a...
Russian drone raid hits Ukraine grain port on Danube River
Aug 02, 2023 (UPI)
The Ukraine Volunteer Army in the region accused the Russians of pursuing a deliberate strategy of targeting Ukrainian grain by targeting port and grain export-...
Spain worries over 'lifeless land' amid creeping desertification
Aug 01, 2023 (AFP)
"There used to be a holm oak forest here.. but now the land is barren," says Gabriel del Barrio, pointing to a hill where only stunted shrubs remain. Wearing du...
Helping agriculture be smart and precise
Aug 01, 2023 (SPX)
"There is a clear demand to develop smart platforms for the precise and controlled delivery of agrochemicals," says KAUST plant scientist Salim Al-Babili. "As w...
In Costa Rica, saving seeds to feed future generations
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
Some 6,200 samples from 125 species of squash, chilli, tomato and other edible plants are held at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center...
SatSure Partners with Rabo Partnerships to Revolutionize Cash Flow-based Lending for Smallholder Farmers
Jul 28, 2023 (SPX)
"Rabo Partnerships is pleased to work with SatSure to increase farmer livelihoods and sustainable Agricultural Finance across the globe!" says David Gerbrands (...
Vladimir Putin won't rejoin Ukraine grain deal, offers shipments to Africa
Jul 27, 2023 (UPI)
Speaking at the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St. Petersburg, Putin said his government would "refuse to extend" the deal that allowed Ukrain...
Ukraine lacks defences against Russian strikes: Putin offers grain to Africa
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
"We need missile and air defence. Reinforced, powerful, modern and capable of counteracting the types of missiles that the enemy uses against us," Ukrainian arm...
NATO slams Russia's 'dangerous' Black Sea grain block
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
"Allies and Ukraine strongly condemned Russia's decision to withdraw from the Black Sea grain deal and its deliberate attempts to stop Ukraine's agricultural ex...
Ukraine alleges deliberate plan to tank grain pact; Record world harvests will blunt impact
Jul 25, 2023 (UPI)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, responding to comments by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticizing Moscow's withdrawal from the Black Sea ...
'Extreme' Indonesian market ends dog, cat meat trade
Jul 22, 2023 (AFP)
Canine and feline meat were on the menu alongside bats, rats, snakes and monkeys at the Tomohon Extreme Market on Sulawesi island, known for its disturbing culi...
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