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Welsh farming unions welcome £161m early payment scheme for farmers

More than 15,000 Welsh farms will benefit

Birmingham Post · Oct 14, 2022

La Nina headache for NSW rice farmers

Record rainfall from La Nina is causing issues for NSW rice growers, with SunRice considering waiving a contract provision related to production quotas.

AAP · Oct 14, 2022

Cotton on: one of Australia's most lucrative farming industries is in the firing line as climate change worsens

The northern Murray-Darling Basin produces 93% of Australia’s cotton. Cotton is one of Australia’s biggest agricultural industries – worth about A$2 billion each year – and a steady supply of water is crucial for production.

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2022

Albanese government has guaranteed farmers won’t be hurt if Australia signs methane pledge, NFF says

Peak body says assurances given and must be upheld or trust with rural Australia ‘will be broken’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2022

ACCC issues warning as farmers hit by online scammers taking advantage of supply shortages

The watchdog says "ruthless" con artists have led to hundreds of reports of fraudulent sales being made this year.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

Early bird flu outbreak devastates French poultry population

More than 300,000 poultry have been slaughtered in French farms since 1 August to contain an exceptionally early resurgence of bird flu.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 12, 2022

Poultry farmers call for birds to be kept inside to combat bird flu

Chicken and egg producers call for housing order for poultry and captive birds to be extended across UK

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: procure paddy from tenant farmers in the field in Eluru district, APKRS urges officials

‘Scores of tenant farmers could not register their crop details on the e-crop system as they are not able to get Crop Cultivator Rights Cards’ 

The Hindu · Oct 12, 2022

Dennis Anderson: In southwest Minn., where Gov. Walz will hunt, pheasants benefit from passion

In Minnesota's pheasant hunting heyday, WCCO radio would broadcast live from the state's hinterlands on opening day, reveling in an event — in effect a state holiday — that was as much about community spirit as it was about the splendor, and magic, of roosters flushing into cobalt skies on…

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Robyn Verrall is a fixer, and now she's set her sights on food security for the nation's most vulnerable

Robyn Verrall is a problem-solver and she's set her sights on a big one. Working with Indigenous friends, she's trying to improve food security for the nation's most vulnerable. But they can't do it alone.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022