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EU officials pledge to develop more water-saving technologies in farming as droughts worsen

Officials from nine southern European Union countries have pledged to work together to develop more water-saving technologies in agriculture as the prospect of worsening droughts puts additional strain on farmers

The Independent UK

England’s nature-friendly farming budget to be cut by £100m

Exclusive: Cut would mean at least 239,000 fewer hectares of nature-friendly farmland, according to RSPB

The Guardian - UK

TV gardener Adam Frost on starting off fruit and veg in autumn

Whether it’s for late-season crops or sowings for next year’s harvest, it’s time to make a start.

The Independent UK

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Harvest highlights of years gone by

Last year saw the lowest wine harvest since 1961, which is worrying. But there are consolations at hand

The Guardian - UK

The scientists making cocoa in a laboratory to meet world’s demand for chocolate

Companies are aiming to grow cocoa in a bid to buffer chocolate's key ingredient from climate change

The Independent UK

'Holy cow!': adult learners reinvigorate their careers

From occasional milker to dairy farm assistant manager, retraining has transformed Kerry Hume's career and put taking over the farm in her sights.

AAP

Sheep movement restricted in Norfolk and Suffolk amid bluetongue disease

Several cases have been confirmed and cattle are being kept in restricted zones

The Guardian - UK

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Boar's Head plant filled with violations

At least nine deaths have been reported and 57 people have been hospitalized since the outbreak

Salon

How many Black farmers are there in the US? Why we doubt the government stats

Numbers surged after changes to the agricultural census. Advocates say that’s not what they’ve seen on the ground

The Guardian - US

The price of milk will increase later this year, dairy giant warns

Uncertainty in the market is to blame

The Independent UK

Let’s be like Paris and ban pesticides in cities, say UK campaigners

More than 150 councillors join 15,000 members of the public calling for urban areas to be free of the chemicals

The Guardian - UK

‘There is nothing to replace coca’: Colombia’s struggling farmers tempted by illegal crops

A government initiative to help communities move away from farming coca has stalled, while a surge in global cocaine use has made demand for the plant higher than ever

The Guardian - UK

Farmworkers not protected from bird flu

“They should give us something more,” one dairy worker from Larimer County said in Spanish

Salon

Corn sweat: crop moisture amplifies humidity and heat in US midwest

Moisture from crops drives up already high humidity in areas where 55 million are under extreme heat alerts

The Guardian - US

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The Guardian - UK

Campaigners sue EU over ‘grossly inadequate’ 2030 climate targets

Groups challenging emissions limits in key sectors including agriculture, waste and transport

The Guardian - UK

Farming the Revolution review – low-key look at Indian farmers’ street-camp protests

Documentary on the 2020-21 protests in India over three farm acts is interesting in patches, but doesn’t go anywhere unexpected

The Guardian - AU

‘We don’t stop for red lights’: drone deliveries take off as Australian regulators prepare for air traffic boom

With everything from coffee to mining equipment now being delivered by drone, operators are exploring technology to stop connection black spots sending uncrewed aircraft dropping from the sky

The Guardian - AU

Growing Australia: how a refugee from Iran helped expand the pistachio industry

Mehran Mahdavi is among the many migrants whose skills and knowledge transformed our horticulture industry – and taste buds

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The Guardian - UK

‘We’ve got baby owls again’: how farming policy is helping English wildlife

Some fear the ambitious environmental land management scheme is at risk, just as farmers are beginning to embrace it

Dynamite News

Supreme Court asks Punjab, Haryana to continue talks with farmers

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the States of Punjab and Haryana to continue their meetings with the protesting farmers, to persuade them to clear the highway along the Shambhu border. Read further on Dynamite News

Radio France Internationale

China opens anti-subsidy probe into EU dairy imports in EV tariff rebuff

China opened an anti-subsidy probe into dairy imports from the European Union on Wednesday, stepping up tension with the bloc a day after Brussels published its revised tariff plan for China-made electric vehicles.

Salon

The case for going "flexitarian"

"A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota"

The Independent UK

China opens investigation into EU dairy exports as trade tensions flare

European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China

The Conversation

Human manure or ‘nightsoil’ makes great crop fertiliser – but attitudes to poo-grown produce differ drastically

Would you eat potatoes grown in human poo? And how would you feel if the marigolds in your local park sprouted from human manure? In the midst of climate crisis, human manure offers significant environmental benefits. But can we overcome the “yuck factor” to embrace this sustainable solution?

The Conversation

Sierra Leone’s women farmers use a custom called bora to access land – but it’s making them more vulnerable

Bora – a type of thank you gift – is a Sierra Leonean custom of respect that is often used in relation to land. For instance, informal farmers pay bora to landowners to be able to farm on their land.

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