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Commentary: Eating animals got us into this mess. Going vegan will get us out

Are you ready for another lockdown? We may be headed that way. According to a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, increasing animal agriculture elevates the risk of zoonotic diseases, which are animal-borne and transmissible to humans, like COVID-19. So let’s do our part to thwart future pandemics…

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Farmers help tackle loneliness and isolation as they team up to release Christmas carol

The farming ‘supergroup’ have banded together to raise awareness of the potential for loneliness in the Scottish agricultural community this winter.

Daily Record

Water profits flow out of regional NSW

A NSW parliamentary report has found investors in water trading markets are profiting at the expense of farmers and regional communities.

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Big Dairy Wants Congress To Restore Huge Tariffs on Imported Baby Formula

Unless Congress takes action, those tariffs will return on January 1. And the baby formula shortage hasn't yet passed.

Reason

Poisoning of wild bees to begin in Newcastle, as varroa detected at Vacy

The department will use the toxic pesticide fipronil to eradicate honeybees in the bush.

Newcastle Herald

Agriculture Minister denies cows will be culled as part of government plans to tackle climate change

One source said there may have been crossed wires as there is a plan to cut methane by 10%. This does not, however, mean that cows will be culled.

Irish Mirror

Oyster harvesters hit hard as Texas closes reefs for conservation and public health

Oyster harvesters on the Texas coast are facing twin threats to their way of life: The state shut down reefs to prevent overfishing and following recent reports of illness after people ate Texas oysters.

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A climate-friendly Christmas dinner menu

From a miso and jackfruit pie to confit garlic dahlia root, Kimberley Duke reimagines the traditional Christmas dinner... that we could be eating in 50 years’ time

The Independent UK

Somerset horse feed company sold out of administration, saving jobs

The business fell into difficulty following the rise in price of raw materials and a shortage of supplies caused by the war in Ukraine

Birmingham Post

There's a shortage of vets to treat farm animals. Pandemic pets are partly to blame

A sharp increase in pet ownership during COVID-19 has contributed to an exodus of vets from the farm sector, as they opt for better paying and less dangerous "companion" animal practices.

WEKU

Greens 'still safe' after spinach recall: peak industry body

Australians can rest assured leafy greens still on supermarket shelves are safe, after potentially contaminated spinach products were recalled, a peak industry body says.

Newcastle Herald

Beef with Macca's over 'mud-farming'

Environmentalists target McDonald’s over intensive winter grazing.

Newsroom.co.nz

Greens 'still safe' after spinach recall

A peak industry body is urging Australians to keep supporting vegetable growers in the wake of a recall of spinach, which it says was from a single farm.

AAP

Ex-defence force personnel, pilots among workers helping with Victoria's record grain harvest

What do you get when you have an Aussie, six Canadians, three Kiwis, and two commercial pilots? Just enough people to get harvest underway.

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Queensland Fisheries' heat-tolerant oyster breeding breakthrough offers hope as ocean temperatures rise

Scientists have made a "game-changing" breakthrough they hope will help Queensland's oyster farming industry survive the impacts of climate change.

Chronicle Live

Northumberland farmer opens up on 'extremely difficult' times as costs skyrocket

It comes after Northumberland County Council published its Future of Farming report last week

Reuters

Mexico says it aims for agreement with U.S. on GM corn in January

Mexico and the United States aim to reach an agreement in January over a pending Mexican ban on imports of genetically modified (GM) corn, the Mexican foreign ministry said on Friday after officials from the two countries held talks in Washington.

Irish Mirror

Ireland joins forces with New Zealand for new projects aimed at reducing agricultural emissions

They will support €7m worth of research on the issue

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Ord Valley mangoes left unpicked as farmers count cost of flooded market

Farmers in Western Australia's far north leave tonnes of mangoes unpicked, with a flooded market making continuing this year's harvest an unviable option.

AAP

Govt in talks over live cattle export ban

The Albanese government is trying to settle claims against farmers over an "unreasonable and capricious" ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia in 2011.

ABC News

Australia's dried fruit bowl faces massive crop losses, worst downy mildew in decades

Growers in Sunraysia, which grows 98 per cent of Australia's dried fruit, are expecting to lose half of this season's fruit due to a downy mildew outbreak.

ABC News

North Australia's lucrative cotton industry set to double in size after bumper harvest

Farmers prepare massive swathes of land across the Top End for one of the world's most profitable crops. But some sections of the community are concerned about the impacts.

ABC News

Climate change is impacting mental health. Queensland farmers are doing something about it

Melanie Shannon and Melinee Leather say they now feel empowered to "survive these traumatic times".

ABC News

Facing searing heat and labour shortages, NT mango growers trial new ways to harvest fruit

Finding workers willing to pick mangoes under the hot NT sun is difficult. Some farmers are turning to harvesting at night and preparing for a future of using robots.

Texas Observer

The Dark Side of Jalisco’s Avocado Boom

As production stifles biodiversity, depletes water reserves and takes over wild land, environmentalists worry about Mexico's "green gold."

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