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Front line farming: Bombs disrupt critical Ukraine industry

Ukrainian farms near the front lines are facing constant shelling that is damaging fields, equipment and buildings and making it difficult to plant and harvest crops

The Independent UK

Half of Western Sydney foodbowl land may have been lost to development in just 10 years

More and more farming land is being lost to other land uses such as housing on the outskirts of our cities. But how much land is being lost? And why does it matter?

The Conversation

Explained | What is the lumpy skin disease affecting cattle in India? What are its economic implications and does it affect milk for consumption?

The viral infection has killed nearly 75,000 cattle in India and spread to more than 10 States and UTs, hitting Rajasthan the worst

The Hindu

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AIKKMS seeks legal framework for MSP

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As war, drought hit global crops, Argentina gambles on GM wheat

In fields near Argentine farm town Pergamino, spiky green shoots of wheat stretch in neat rows to the horizon, a crop developers hope will boost yields of the grain thanks to a single gene borrowed from sunflowers helping it better tolerate drought.

Reuters

Explained | Gujarat’s cattle control Bill and India’s stray cattle issue

Stray cattle have caused injury, even death, but measures to control them have landed the government in hot water with rearers

The Hindu

Farmers 'big winners' of UK trade deal

A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom would benefit a number of sectors including agriculture, a parliamentary committee has heard.

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Genetically-modified purple tomatoes which are even more healthy than red ones approved

Studying the benefits of the tomatoes, they found that if Cancer-prone mice ate the purple tomatoes they lived around 30 per cent longer than those that ate normal tomatoes

Daily Mirror

Farmers plan Vidhana Soudha Chalo on September 26 against sugarcane FRP and Electricity Amendment Bill

The farmers will also be voicing their concern over the reported efforts by sugar mills to deny the farmers their rightful payment for supplying sugarcane

The Hindu

Tapioca shipments to keep rising amid high demand

Thai exports of tapioca products are expected to continue growing this year, boosted by global demand as importers seek alternatives for maize, which has become costly because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

Bangkok Post

Droughts endanger cranberry harvest

Another year of erratic weather means cranberry farmers are facing slim margins and tough decisions.

Salon

Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers

Moses Wamugango peered into the plastic vats where maggots wriggled in decomposing filth, the enviable project of a neighbor who spoke of the fertilizer problem he had been able to solve

The Independent UK

Tunisian ‘Hanging Garden’ Farms Cling on Despite Drought

High in the hills of northwestern Tunisia, farmers are tending thousands of fig trees with a unique system of terracing they hope will protect them from ever-harsher droughts. But the "hanging gardens" of Djebba El Olia have been put to the test this year as the North African country sweltered…

Asharq Al-Awsat

As farmers split from the GOP on climate change, they're getting billions to fight it

Democrats plan to spend $20 billion to help rural communities address the climate crisis. There's little sign the infusion of money will reshape politics in areas that traditionally vote Republican.

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Lower Kharif sowing calls for deft management of foodgrain stock, prices: Finance Ministry report

There is no “room for complacency on the inflation front as lower crop-sowing for the Kharif season calls for deft management of stocks of agricultural commodities and market prices without unduly jeopardising farm exports”, the report said

Tribune News Service

Record-breaking Texas drought results in over $2 billion in losses to cotton crop

Cotton farmer Brian Adamek figures he’ll lose about $750 an acre on his 2,000-acre South Texas farm this year because of a summerlong drought that has plagued Texas.

The Hindu

Free medicine for leaf spot disease in areca

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Chicago Sun-Times

Cannabis courses being offered by more Illinois colleges as sales of legal marijuana and hemp products grow

The University of Illinois and 11 community colleges statewide — more than ever — are offering courses to prepare students for jobs in the cannabis industry.

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Diversity of crops is insurance policy for future, says agricultural expert

The session on the ITPGRFA will discuss the need to develop the climate-resilient varieties of foodgrains

AAP

Live sheep export gets green light

The live export of sheep to the Middle East during summer is set to continue with some changes recommended by the agriculture department following a review.

Reuters

Argentina corn planting stalled as 'great drought' fears rise

Argentina's main farming zones are facing the driest conditions in around 30 years, agricultural and weather experts said, raising fears about a new "great drought" and stalling planting of corn in the world's No. 3 exporter of the grain.

ABC News

Farmer confidence dips to its lowest point in three years

Rising input costs and disease pressures drive Australian farmer confidence to its lowest point in three years, but analysts say there's room for optimism.

The Conversation

Climate change threatens food but microscopic algae offer answers

In 2021 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the first volume of its latest authoritative report on climate change. The United Nations secretary-general branded its findings a “code red for humanity”.

The Hindu

262 livestock supervisor posts to be filled immediately: Maharashtra Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

The disease has so far claimed the lives of 43 cattle in the State

The Guardian - UK

‘Unstoppable’ bird flu epidemic causes growing alarm among Dutch farmers

With millions of chickens and ducks culled so far, farmers say only a vaccine can save the poultry sector from the ‘invisible enemy’

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