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Farm export values push to near record high despite challenging east coast conditions

In more pain for hip pockets, a cold and wet spring on the east coast has sent local food prices soaring, while the export value of Australian farm products is set to break records.

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Pelicans dying as bird flu outbreak spreads to Venezuela

An outbreak of bird flu in pelicans has spread from Peru and Ecuador to Venezuela

The Independent UK

Vertical farms, indoor crops a growing trend as climate change drives advances in protected farming

Mangoes ripening year round, indoor flowers and lettuce crops immune to weather and pests — unpredictable weather is pushing more producers to high-tech solutions.

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Hay shortages and price rises expected after flooding wipes out growing regions

Dairy Australia’s Hay report has predicted ‘supply shortfalls’ and downgrades in quality of hay and fodder across eastern Australia

The Guardian - AU

Big wet fails to dampen farm production

Australian agriculture remains on track for an outstanding 12 months despite flooding across the east coast taking its toll, according to official forecasts.

AAP

Qld farms need gas subsidence protections

Queensland needs a new watchdog to assess and make determinations about the impacts of gas production subsidence on farms, a new report says.

AAP

Heartbreaking harvest has cane growers fearing mental cost of most 'demoralising' crush in 60 years

In 60 years Bill Hobbs says he’s never faced a more demoralising season, and he’s worried about the toll it is taking on his mates working on the land.

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Farming company to stand trial after grandma crushed to death by stampeding cow

Marian Clode, 61, from Ashton-under-Lyne, was on holiday with her family when the animal charged towards her, causing fatal injuries

Manchester Evening News

Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought

The variety is a cross between commercial and wild wheats – bred in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis

The Guardian - US

The fishers marginalized since apartheid

Small-scale fishers have long suffered discrimination in South Africa

Salon

National plays the field at Fieldays

The country’s biggest farming show was a lightning rod for strong political views from the agricultural sector.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘I’m ashamed’: working in UK leaves fruit pickers from Indonesia in debt

Workers tell of paying thousands of pounds to brokers for jobs that yield meagre wages

The Guardian - UK

Climate change is driving up food prices

COP27 and food price inflation are part of the same story

Salon

NGOs accuse France of continuing to export banned pesticides

In January, France became the world's first country to prohibit the export of pesticides banned in the European Union because of their danger to health and environment. But almost a year after the law came into force, France is still exporting harmful pesticides on a massive scale, two NGOs warn…

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Country diary: Anxiously checking the colour of my yow’s bottoms

Tebay, Cumbria: For an upland farmer, the long haul until springtime begins now. But one task is of utmost importance

ABC News

Bordertown sheep farmer Stuart Staude runs his busy property, and new stud business, from a wheelchair

As he lay in intensive care for almost 100 days after a terrible machinery accident, Stuart just wanted to get back to work on the family sheep farm. If that hasn't been achievement enough, he's taken on another challenge.

ABC News

NSW vineyard installs water-sensing technology to save waste and improve quality

Infrared devices that detect when crops need to be irrigated and how much water to apply has been installed on a south-west NSW vineyard.

The Conversation

A new law offers better protection for indigenous plants of significance to Māori, but no requirement to share profits

New Zealand law has generally treated agriculture, biodiversity conservation and the protection of Indigenous knowledge (mātauranga Māori) as separate areas.

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The Independent UK

Free range eggs could run out in March as farmers forced to keep birds indoors, MP warns

The government has ordered birds be kept indoors to protect them from the disease

ABC News

Wet weather dampens Victorian cherry, berry season leading to smaller volumes, premium prices

Cherry and berry growers hope for more sunshine leading into Christmas to revive produce.

Reuters

Lula proposes pact to curb Brazilian soy linked to savanna deforestation

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's transition team has held meetings with the soy industry to discuss a new pact to stop deforestation in the Cerrado savanna, modeled on an agreement for the Amazon, a Lula adviser said on Wednesday.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's chief vet warns bird flu cases could rise in coming weeks

CASES of avian flu in Scotland could increase in the coming weeks, an expert has warned.

The Guardian - UK

From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction?

Fossil fuels, fisheries and farming: the world’s most destructive industries are fiercely protected by governments, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

ABC News

New app to monitor fruit pickers following changes to minimum wage legislation

An app developed by a berry farm in Northern Tasmania to help track productivity, maximise profitability and support worker development has been welcomed by the union.

The Guardian - UK

UK faces ‘big, big shortages’ of free-range Christmas poultry

Half of free-range turkeys and geese grown for festive period have died or been culled due to bird flu, MPs told

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