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Australia's wine industry fizzing over prosecco

Australia's winemakers are fighting to keep using the prosecco name as submissions are called for on geographical indicators proposed by the European Union.

AAP

Adrian Chiles left 'emotional' leaving Wales after 'incredible' experience

Adrian felt "emotional" leaving north Wales after spending time there learning about hill farming on BBC One's Countryfile

Wales Online

Mega rich bosses live high life while their nurseries put kids at 'significant risk'

A Sunday Mirror investigation has found some of the biggest nursery chains including Just Childcare, Bright Horizons and Busy Bees, have poor safety reports while their CEOs live a life of luxury

Daily Mirror

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Mexico sanctioned for not protecting endangered porpoise

Mexico faces sanctions from the international wildlife body known as CITES for not doing enough to protect the vaquita marina, a small porpoise that is the world's most endangered marine mammal

The Independent UK

Shoppers report supermarket egg shortages while prices are on the rise

Customers say they are facing either bare shelves or 'extortionate' prices

Manchester Evening News

Violent clashes erupt in western France over agro-industry water project

Dozens of people were injured on Saturday as French security forces clashed with environmental campaigners in Sainte-Soline in western France. The activists were protesting against the construction of water reservoirs for the agricultural industry.

Radio France Internationale

French police clash with protesters opposed to reservoir plans

One police officer and a protester were seriously injured on Saturday in clashes during an unauthorised demonstration against the construction of a water reservoir for farm irrigation in western France.

Reuters

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Gene-edited food development now legal in England

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments do not permit the commercial use of gene editing

The Independent UK

Commentary: Toxic pesticide drift hurts all of us

When I started farming corn and soybeans on our 320-acre family farm in Greene County, Iowa, in 1976, herbicides like dicamba were a go-to to control weeds. Dicamba is quite toxic, but it helped control broadleaf weeds in my corn crop — until it didn’t.

Tribune News Service

Agency keen on fruit quality controls

The Internal Trade Department is implementing 22 measures to manage fruit supply for this year's harvest, with production estimated to grow by 3% to 6.78 million tonnes.

Bangkok Post

Beef exports resume between Brazil and China after four-week suspension of trade

After a four-week trade suspension, Brazil has confirmed it will resume exporting beef to China.

ABC News

Mouse numbers rising in SA as strong rainfall, grain yields create 'perfect storm' for plague

The pests' numbers are on the rise in SA's Riverland, with an academic warning early intervention will be crucial to their management.

ABC News

Spruce up Your Portfolio This Spring With These 3 Agriculture Stocks

The agriculture industry’s future looks promising, given its stable demand despite market downturns and promising growth prospects. Against this backdrop, quality agriculture stocks Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), ICL Group (ICL), and Dole plc (DOLE) might be solid buys this spring to spruce up one’s portfolio. Read on….

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Mounting debt, dip in quality: As rain leaves crops damaged, Rajasthan farmers face double whammy

“It was his last harvest,” said Ramesh, referring to his relative Prithviraj Berwa, who died by suicide last week after his crop was damaged in Rajasthan’s Bundi district – in untimely rain which lashed north India over the last few days.

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A vegetarian of 45 years – and I'm campaigning for Scotland’s livestock sector

THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released a stark report outlining the disastrous effects we face if we don’t take…

The Independent UK

Farmers struggle in Argentina as drought withers their crops

The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks through dry farmland in Argentina that should be green and lush this time of year

ABC News

Biological defleecing method could see wool pulled off a sheep's back through corn protein injection

Researchers are pushing to solve the "number one issue in the Australian wool industry", and it all comes down to a protein from corn.

Reuters

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.

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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.

WEKU

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

The Conversation

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.

ABC News

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.

AAP

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.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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.

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