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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

The Hindu · Sep 10, 2022

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.”

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 9, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9, 2022

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

Birmingham Post · Sep 8, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 8, 2022

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.

ABC News · Sep 7, 2022

EU imports of Ukrainian chicken soar after quota lifted, French group says

The lifting of European Union custom duties on Ukrainian goods led to a jump in poultry imports that has benefited a single company rather than Ukrainian farmers, French poultry makers said on Wednesday, asking for the temporary move not to be renewed.

Reuters · Sep 7, 2022

Hemp was supposed to save Texas farmers during a drought. It hasn’t yet.

Hemp advocates promised the Texas Legislature the crop was drought resistant. The 2022 drought has proven otherwise. And farmers are abandoning the nascent market.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 7, 2022

Fertiliser trade welcomed at Port of Immingham as ADM extends contract with ABP

Three year agreement will see import, handling, bagging, and processing of 'extensive fertiliser volumes'

Birmingham Post · Sep 6, 2022