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Once the world's top rice exporter, Thailand has lost its edge. But there are still hopes for Thai farmers to regain and even level up their competitiveness in the global rice industry and above all improve farmers' quality of life.

Bangkok Post

In Arizona, worry about access to Colorado River water

In Arizona, water officials are concerned, though not panicking, about getting water in the future from the Colorado River as its levels decline and the federal government talks about the need for states in the Colorado River Basin to reduce use

The Independent UK

EU lawmakers support ban of goods linked to deforestation

European Union lawmakers have backed a proposal for a law that would ban the sale in the 27-nation bloc of agriculture products linked to the destruction of forests

The Independent UK

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Farmers fined for failing to comply with workplace laws as new minimum wage takes effect

Compliance blitz by Fair Work Ombudsman has found many farmers continue to flout rules designed to protect workers from exploitation

The Guardian - AU

Inspections of chile imports heat up at New Mexico border

New Mexico's green chile season is in full swing as the aroma of fresh roasted peppers permeates the air

The Independent UK

Ministry seeks B11.4bn to aid farmers

The Commerce Ministry is poised to propose the cabinet approve a combined 11.4 billion baht to help oil palm and tapioca growers under the state-sponsored price guarantee schemes in the 2022/23 harvest season.

Bangkok Post

A preview of farmworkers’ hot future

By the end of the century, the San Joaquin Valley could endure two months of extreme heat every summer

Salon

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In Mexico's dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty

A small fraction of the Colorado River manages to reach Northern Mexico to irrigate its fields and provide for the daily needs of millions of residents

The Independent UK

Punjab: A project for farmers to adopt a no-burn cropping system

MAKOWAL(AMRITSAR): Farmers in Amritsar's Makowal have usually been setting their crop residue to fire after harvesting to prepare the fields for another crop but Promoting Regenerative And No-burn Agriculture (PRANA),a project launched for Crop Residue Management (CRM) by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a conservation organization, may help prevent another round…

The Times of India

‘Water is our most precious resource’: alfalfa farmers asked to give up crop amid megadrought in US south-west

Agriculture – mainly alfalfa – consumes 80% of the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, prompting calls for conservation efforts

The Guardian - US

South Australia's grain harvest boosted by August rainfall and 'perfect start' to spring

South Australia's grain harvest is looking promising despite the state experiencing its driest winter since 2019.

ABC News

The crisis of apple farmers in India

The increasing cost of production and the increase in GST on cartons has triggered protests in Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu

Lumpy skin disease infecting cattle in Jharkhand

No death of bovine animals due to the viral infection has been reported: official

The Hindu

The allotment has friends near and far

Seed swapping puts Allan Jenkins in touch with like-minded people in Ukraine, Spain, Canada, the plot next door…

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The Hindu

2,171 cattle found infected with Lumpy skin disease in Madhya Pradesh; transportation of bovine animals banned

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the officials that the cattle being brought into Madhya Pradesh from other States should be banned

Orlando Sentinel

In Florida's Lake County, farmland vanishes as houses, industry move in

MOUNT DORA, Florida — Raquel Martin knows first-hand the development pressures farmers face in Lake County. As vice president of Liner Source, an ornamental nursery with about 200 acres, she says some of the offers she’s received for her land have been “insane.”

Radio France Internationale

Majority of world's food producers risk being cooked by climate change

Worsening global heatwaves pose a threat to 70 percent of the world's agricultural and food production between now and 2045, a recent study by risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft has found.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Illinois farmers do their part to relieve food insecurity. They need more help

These are the best of times for Illinois’ corn and soybean farmers, as anyone driving along downstate highways can plainly see. With just weeks to go before the peak of our state’s harvest, productive fields stretch for miles.

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Reuters

Bolivian coca farmers march on capital, burn disputed market

Thousands of coca farmers marched into the Bolivian capital of La Paz on Thursday and set ablaze to what they claimed was an illegal new market for the leaf.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: New disease affecting BT cotton creates panic among farmers in Kurnool

Tobacco Streak Virus is affecting 10% to 15% of the total cropped area of cotton in the undivided district

The Guardian - UK

Animals farmed: China’s pork inflation, rabbit farm closes and UK mega-farms

Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web

Birmingham Post

More than 900 jobs understood to be at risk at Moy Park poultry processing plant

Moy Park Ltd turned over more than £1.5 billion last year and pre-tax profits were £32.7 million

Asharq Al-Awsat

Countries Growing 70% of World's Food Face 'Extreme' Heat Risk by 2045

Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. Climate change is already stoking heatwaves and other extreme weather events across the world, with hot spells from India to Europe…

Tribune News Service

Heat wave: Bay Area farm animal owners have to get creative to keep cool

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The staggering, oppressive heat wave that has brought the Bay Area to its knees has caretakers of farm animals getting creative in their efforts to keep their charges relatively cool.

ABC News

Queensland kangaroo harvesters struggle to keep up with harvest quotas

A roo harvester says profits in the industry are getting so large "you can put your kids through school" as shooters struggle to come even close to reaching state-set cull quotas.

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