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With stakes high, Brazil meat industry dominates Lula delegation to China

More than a quarter of business leaders traveling to China with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next week come from Brazil's booming meat industry, highlighting the high stakes for a sector reliant on Chinese demand for most of its exports.

Reuters

African smallholder farmers count the cost of fertilizer price spike

Helplessly watching her maize turn yellow as she waited for free fertilizer from the government, Zimbabwean farmer Marian Kanenungo had nothing but makeshift compost from an anthill to help save her crop - and she had low hopes of that.

Reuters

FDA gives 2nd safety nod to cultivated meat, produced without slaughtering animals

GOOD Meat, which grows chicken and other meat from animal cells in a production facility, is the second company to cross this hurdle. The move brings no-kill meat closer to sale in the U.S.

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Rice panel eyes 6% increase in output

The government's marketing-led production strategy calls for rice output of 29.3 million tonnes of paddy for the 2023/24 season.

Bangkok Post

Climate change: farmers in Ghana can't predict rainfall anymore, changing how they work

Climate change affects all spheres of life, particularly those aspects that depend on the environment. Farming communities are a case in point.

The Conversation

West Australian pastoralist Michael Thompson takes fight to Commonwealth over live sheep exports phase-out

Michael Thompson runs cattle in Western Australia, but he has launched a campaign to fight the federal government's phase-out of the country's live sheep export industry.

ABC News

Queensland launches agriculture emissions road map

An emissions reduction plan for Queensland's agriculture sector focuses on advancements in feed for livestock and green fertiliser options.

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Over 2 trillion yen to be spent to hold down prices for households

The government has decided to use over 2 trillion yen from the fiscal 2022 reserve fund for measures to tackle inflation, according to government sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

India hosts roundtable on millets to strategise production and consumption globally

India hosts roundtable on millets to strategise production and consumption globally.

The Times of India

Farming family hopes to show cattle and carbon can co-exist, in bid to reduce emissions

Selling their family farm to a carbon developer, Luke and Ally Quartermaine want to be part of the solution to reduce cattle industry emissions.

ABC News

Hot chips set to return to menus as potato harvest gets underway

Wet weather and fewer potato imports are creating trying times for fish and chips shops, but growers say the start of the potato harvest across Tasmania and Victoria should ease demand.

ABC News

Durian from China? Hainan gears up for first harvest of SE Asia's 'king of fruits'

China is gearing up for the harvest of its first domestic durian crop this summer after more than four years of cultivation, although it is not expected to challenge Southeast Asia's stranglehold on sales of the pungent smelling fruit.

Bangkok Post

Plan to reduce emissions will have unintended consequences on agriculture, farmers say

Farmers are raising concerns the federal government's plan to reduce the emissions of big polluters would rely too heavily on carbon credits from agriculture.

ABC News

Country diary: Life on the farm is pregnantly poised

Long Dean, Cotswolds: The sows are weeks from farrowing, last year’s calves have been weaned ahead of the new births – and we’re anxiously waiting for rain

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The Little-Known Jackfruit Trade Is Earning Rural Ugandan Farmers Nearly 20 Percent Of Yearly Income

A Uganda-based jackfruit processing company has taken a share of the rising vegan meat market in the Netherlands.

Salon

The heinous history of Canadian sugar

The painful, shameful history of sugar cultivation and production

Bangkok Post

Chinese firms busted for fake Thai rice

Thai authorities have taken steps to have charges filed in China against three factories in Anhui province for selling counterfeit Thai jasmine rice.

The Guardian - US

Recycling America’s chicken poop sounds great – unless you live next door

Biogas promises to be a solution to farm country’s animal waste problem. But a Delaware community is concerned it could lead to more pollution

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Upskilling workers and slashing tariffs: key takeaways from the Productivity Commission report

Five-yearly report devotes section to threat of climate crisis and suggests five ‘reform pillars’ to boost sluggish productivity growth

ABC News

NT Cattleman's Association president challenges Murray Watt's support of live export phase-out

The president of the NT Cattleman's Association says he doubts Murray Watt really believes shutting down the trade is the "best policy".

ABC News

Cattle prices record big drop but consumers unlikely to see cheaper steaks

After years of record highs, cattle prices in Australia have fallen nearly 40 per cent but it's unlikely to lead to cheaper steak according to economists.

ABC News

Government's plan to tax 'unrealised gains' a big worry for farmers as $3m threshold threatens retirement plans

Part of the federal government's changes to rules around superannuation involves a new tax on "unrealised gains", and it has farmers especially worried.

Manchester Evening News

Farm shops report huge sales boost amid supermarket fruit and veg crisis

"I think that once the new customers we have gained over the past month have tried our produce they will be back. Shop local"

The Conversation

Bird flu: Nigeria is on major migratory bird routes, new strains keep appearing

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called “bird flu”, which has been recurring in Nigeria since 2006. It has resulted in the loss of millions of birds and income for people who rely on the poultry industry. Nigeria is currently grappling with another outbreak which…

The Independent UK

Populist Farmer Citizen Movement wins big in Dutch election

A new powerhouse of Dutch right-wing populism has seized the political center stage after winning its first provincial elections

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