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2023.02.06
U.S. farmers plan to go 'heavy on corn' in 2023
U.S. farmers are planning to boost corn acreage in 2023, eyeing lower prices of fertilizer needed to grow the crop and hoping for a bumper crop after a late season drought withered last year's grain harvest and left U.S. corn supplies near a decade low.
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2023.02.06
Practical training unlocks Kenyan youth’s agribusiness potential
The hands-on approach as a way of impacting needful business knowledge and skills to the youth in rural areas where farming is the main source of livelihood is increasingly unlocking agribusiness potential for many.
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2023.02.05
Bahri tanker brings 60,000 tonnes of barley from Australia
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia Bahri’s tanker ‘Sara’ has arrived at the Jeddah Islamic Port with 60,000 tonnes of barley as the government and private sectors cooperate in Saudi Arabia to ensure food security.
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2023.02.05
Solon bats for tax exemption on fertilizers, pesticides
MANILA – Some 11 million farmers all over the country will benefit from a Senate bill that is pushing for tax exemption on fertilizers and pesticides.
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2023.02.04
African farmer groups oppose renewed chemical fertiliser push
African farmer groups have faulted the renewed call for more chemical fertiliser use in Africa, saying it would heighten import dependency and worsen the climate change crisis.
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2023.02.04
Milling industry's use of imported wheat 'not undercutting UK growers'
UK Flour Millers has outlined in a new position statement why UK mills buy imported wheat and how it is assured
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2023.02.04
Report: Rainy weather causing vegetable supply shortage ahead of Ramadan
Yong Peng Vegetable Gardeners Association president Cheng Tai Hoe said that farmers in the country are having a tough time meeting the demand for vegetables if the rainy spell continues till the end of this month.
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2023.02.04
Feeding a growing global population - new ways tech is changing the agricultural landscape
According to the United Nations, the global human population reached 8.0 billion in mid-November 2022 from an estimated 2.5 billion people in 1950, adding 1 billion people since 2010 and 2 billion since 1998.
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2023.02.03
U.S. launches climate resilience programme for African agriculture
The U.S. Department of State, Office of the Special Envoy for Global Food Security, in partnership with the African Union (AU) and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), has launching the “Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils” (VACS)
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2023.02.03
Agri-commodity market tracker: Cut in Argentinian soybean production forecasts
Weather concerns in South America has been a key factor driving soybean and markets higher,finds an outlook from AHDB