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As war, drought hit global crops, Argentina gambles on GM wheat

In fields near Argentine farm town Pergamino, spiky green shoots of wheat stretch in neat rows to the horizon, a crop developers hope will boost yields of the grain thanks to a single gene borrowed from sunflowers helping it better tolerate drought.

Reuters · Sep 20, 2022

Explained | Gujarat’s cattle control Bill and India’s stray cattle issue

Stray cattle have caused injury, even death, but measures to control them have landed the government in hot water with rearers

The Hindu · Sep 20, 2022

Farmers 'big winners' of UK trade deal

A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom would benefit a number of sectors including agriculture, a parliamentary committee has heard.

AAP · Sep 20, 2022

Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers

Moses Wamugango peered into the plastic vats where maggots wriggled in decomposing filth, the enviable project of a neighbor who spoke of the fertilizer problem he had been able to solve

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

Tunisian ‘Hanging Garden’ Farms Cling on Despite Drought

High in the hills of northwestern Tunisia, farmers are tending thousands of fig trees with a unique system of terracing they hope will protect them from ever-harsher droughts. But the "hanging gardens" of Djebba El Olia have been put to the test this year as the North African country sweltered…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 18, 2022

As farmers split from the GOP on climate change, they're getting billions to fight it

Democrats plan to spend $20 billion to help rural communities address the climate crisis. There's little sign the infusion of money will reshape politics in areas that traditionally vote Republican.

WEKU · Sep 17, 2022

Lower Kharif sowing calls for deft management of foodgrain stock, prices: Finance Ministry report

There is no “room for complacency on the inflation front as lower crop-sowing for the Kharif season calls for deft management of stocks of agricultural commodities and market prices without unduly jeopardising farm exports”, the report said

The Hindu · Sep 17, 2022

Record-breaking Texas drought results in over $2 billion in losses to cotton crop

Cotton farmer Brian Adamek figures he’ll lose about $750 an acre on his 2,000-acre South Texas farm this year because of a summerlong drought that has plagued Texas.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

Free medicine for leaf spot disease in areca

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The Hindu · Sep 16, 2022

Cannabis courses being offered by more Illinois colleges as sales of legal marijuana and hemp products grow

The University of Illinois and 11 community colleges statewide — more than ever — are offering courses to prepare students for jobs in the cannabis industry.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 16, 2022