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Cutting nature-friendly farming budget would be ‘devastating’, Government warned

Environmental and farming groups have reacted with dismay to reports that funding for sustainable agriculture will be cut in the spending review.

Evening Standard

A little bit of farm, a little bit of suburbia: That's the recipe for Agritopia

Outside of Phoenix in suburban Gilbert, one farming family decided over 10 years ago to get ahead of development and urban sprawl by developing their way

The Independent UK

European fertiliser plants use US ammonia made with shale gas, investigation reveals

Despite green promises, Yara and BASF’s Texas factory relies on highly polluting natural gas from Permian Basin

The Guardian - UK

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Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review

Exclusive: Defra sources say scheme, which pays farmers to protect nature, will be targeted at ‘small farms’

The Guardian - UK

Can trade in soil carbon credits help farmers – and the climate?

Regenerative agriculture has growth potential for the offsets market, but scientists question its green credentials

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Our fields are green, but this farm desperately needs more rain

Long Dean, Cotswolds: Like the recent thunder, there’s been a rumbling of concern about our dry spring

The Guardian - UK

Senegal court charges fifth former minister Amadou Mansour Faye over graft

A Senegalese court on Monday indicted a fifth minister from the country's former government on corruption charges as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye steps up an anti-graft campaign, defence lawyers said.

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Other lives: Teacher and volunteer who lived for nearly 70 years in Malawi

The Guardian - UK

‘A heifer came into the bedroom’: Kevin survived the NSW floods – but his dairy farm might not

Like many in the region, the third-generation farmer is burying his dead stock. He says he is at ‘breaking point’

The Guardian - AU

The 7 best companion plants for tomatoes

Tomatoes are a summer staple, but they can be susceptible to all kinds of pests and disease. With companion planting, you boost your chances of a happy harvest.

Tom’s Guide

Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients

Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government over the Trump administration’s attempts to collect the personal information of millions of U.S. residents who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The Independent UK

Inheritance tax changes ‘bad for farmers’ focus on environment’ – watchdog head

Alan Lovell, chairman of the Environment Agency, revealed that farmers caused a record number of pollution incidents in English rivers.

The Independent UK

Brazil activists decry green rollbacks as senate passes ‘devastation bill’

Legislation would dismantle regulations in farming, mining and energy, increasing risk of widespread destruction

The Guardian - US

Japan's rice crisis: Prices soar, supplies dwindle and a minister resigns

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics

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Thailand's ex-Prime Minister Yingluck ordered to pay for losses from a rice subsidy program

A Thai court has ordered exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay more than $304 million to compensate for losses incurred by a money-losing rice farming subsidy program that her government had implemented more than a decade ago

The Guardian - UK

The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass

Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal

Radio France Internationale

Chocolate and rice among key EU imports facing climate threats

European supermarket shelves could become emptier as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten food production in countries that export to the EU, a report published on Wednesday warned.

International Business Times

EU Ready To Tax Russian Fertilisers As Early As July

EU lawmakers are set to greenlight tariffs on fertiliser imports from Russia on Thursday, despite European farmers' fears the move risks sending global prices soaring.

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Evening Standard

Prominent Brexiteer declares he is a French farmer as takes sideswipe at EU

A Tory former Cabinet minister presses the Government in Parliament over its ‘reset’ deal with the bloc.

The Texas Tribune

Texas braces for an imminent screwworm infestation, a threat to the state’s cattle industry

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz hope to fund an operation to kill the parasitic fly before too much damage is done.

The Guardian - US

Farmers fear Trump trade winds could damage crops: ‘It’s unnerving’

Economists estimate grain farmers could lose money as total production costs remain above current prices

Latin Times

Congress Backs Plan to Air-Drop Flies Into Mexico to Stop Flesh-Eating Pest From Crossing the Border

A bipartisan push to fund sterile fly production aims to stop a flesh-eating pest creeping up from Mexico and threatening U.S. cattle

Al Jazeera

Japan farm minister Taku Eto quits after gaffe over free rice

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba names Shinjiro Koizumi, son of popular former premier Junichiro Koizumi, as successor.

Al Jazeera

Will EU deal make food cheaper, add $12bn to the UK economy?

PM Keir Starmer has heralded a ‘landmark deal’ seeking to reset ties between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The Guardian - UK

EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn

Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience

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