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Industrial chicken farms are trashing Britain’s rivers – and planning reforms could make things worse

Once voted the UK’s favourite river, the River Wye flows from the Welsh mountains to the Severn estuary – 150 miles through an officially recognised “national landscape”. But this idyllic picture is changing, as the river is gradually choked by waste from industrial chicken farming.

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Cheese, wine and whiskey: How your shopping basket could be affected by Trump’s tariffs

Prices in supermarkets could be impacted as manufacturers look to recoup lost sales Stateside

The Independent UK

US-Australia beef: what you need to know about tariffs and the meat trade war

Donald Trump has singled out Australia for not importing American beef. But do we even need it and what will US tariffs mean for our producers?

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French winemakers say 'nightmare' Trump tariffs could cost industry €1bn

French winemakers say they’re facing a repeated “nightmare” after US President Donald Trump announced 20 percent tariffs on European Union products. The head of France’s main winegrowers’ union warned the move could cost the sector €1 billion.

Radio France Internationale

Plan for Norfolk megafarm rejected by councillors over environmental concerns

Application, submitted by Cranswick, would have created of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Our lives depend on seeds. Trump’s cuts put our vast reserves at risk

Maintaining seed diversity and abundance is essential – and requires constant work. It’s time for Congress to return to the seed business

The Guardian - US

Trump highlights Australian beef in ‘Liberation Day’ trade crackdown

US President Donald Trump singled out Australia’s beef trade for special mention in his announcement that the United States would impose a 10% global tariff as well as “reciprocal tariffs” on many countries.

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Sweeping US tariffs create 'uncertainty' for Australia

Donald Trump's "unwarranted" decision to impose tariffs on Australia and other trading partners has rattled investors and left exporters facing an anxious wait.

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Could antibiotics stop working? Yes – but the biggest danger isn’t prescription-happy GPs

To prevent a catastrophic failure of the drugs modern medicine relies on, look to animal farming in middle-income countries, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

Labor to consider WTO challenge if Trump targets Australia with ‘liberation day’ tariffs

Government sources anticipate tariffs of up to 20% across all exports to the US in broad-brush regime

The Guardian - AU

Country diary: At this time of year, the landscape is as pale as it gets

Inkpen, Berkshire: All is accented by a bleached-out leaching of colour – before the green fuse of spring ignites and rushes through everything

The Guardian - UK

Government pushes reforms of ‘green tape’ in bid to boost growth and nature

Review says current system of environmental regulations not working, but conservationists warn of ‘high risk’ to nature in planning reforms.

The Independent UK

Australian exporters brace for immediate US tariffs on Trump’s ‘liberation day’

Government ministers still in the dark on tariffs as White House dangles hope of ‘good negotiation’ with president

The Guardian - AU

Italy's biggest union joins prosecution of farm owner over death of Indian migrant worker

Italy’s main trade union confederation is backing the prosecution of a farm owner over the death of an undocumented worker from India who bled to death after his arm was cut off

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Farmers hope Trump has their back but many voice misgivings as tariffs loom

Farming groups are starting to voice concerns for Trump’s tough approach at a time when they face many challenges

The Independent UK

'I bought their dream': How a US company's huge land deal in Senegal went bust

Rusting pipes in a barren field and unpaid workers are what remain after a U.S. company promised to turn a huge piece of land in Senegal — about twice the size of Paris — into an agricultural project and create thousands of jobs

The Guardian - UK

Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: it’s all kicking off in Ambridge

The disastrous sewage dump continues, leading residents to protest by dressing up as giant bog rolls … and staging a 10-hour campanological marathon. Only in Borsetshire

The Independent UK

Scientists shielding farming from climate change need more public funding. But they're getting less

Public funding for agricultural research in the U.S. has been declining for the last two decades, a process Trump has rapidly accelerated by freezing or pausing support for a variety of research programs financed by the USDA, EPA and other organizations

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Stephen Biggs obituary

Other lives: Agricultural economist keen to see the benefits of technology for small farmers

The National (Scotland)

Nigel Farage backs bringing American chlorinated chicken to UK shelves

NIGEL Farage has called for NHS funding to be “re-examined” – and backed letting American chlorinated chicken into UK shops ...

The Guardian - US

Bird flu reinfections at US poultry farms highlight need for vaccines, experts say

Aggressive prevention including wider changes to poultry raising needed after at least 56 US farms doubly infected

The Independent UK

The US is on an egg hunt in Europe to ease prices at home

The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt

The Independent UK

Italy reacts as Trump threatens wine exports

The US president is proposing a 200% tariff on European wine

Al Jazeera

Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears?

Protesters fear than a plan to modernise agriculture could leave the lower riparian province of Sindh without water.

The Guardian - UK

Pick for German agriculture minister withdraws after activists storm farm

Günther Felßner says wife was ‘in fear of life and limb’ after animal rights group climbed shed and set off flares

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