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2025.06.12
Make the ocean blue again: UN recognizes World Restoration Flagships in East Africa, Mexico, and Spain
Nice, France – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named the first World Restoration Flagships for this year, tackling pollution.
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2025.06.11
Secretary Rollins Signs State Waivers to Make America Healthy Again by Removing Unhealthy Foods from SNAP in Arkansas, Idaho, and Utah in Addition to Indiana, Iowa, and Nebraska
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., signed three new food choice waivers to Make America Healthy Again.
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2025.06.10
2 Top States Are Done With Corn Planting, USDA Says
Today, USDA published the tenth Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers.
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2025.06.09
Here’s How the Corn Crop Shaped Up in May Across Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska
The month of May was a mixed bag for corn crop progress across Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska, and, at times, within the same state.
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2025.06.06
New data shows that crops like wheat, coffee, beans and cassava could lose half of the best land for growing them by 2100
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has upgraded its innovative ABC-Map geospatial app with a new indicator which shows that several major crops including wheat, coffee, beans, cassava, and plantain.
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2025.06.05
Beating plastic pollution in our food systems: FAO’s global action for World Environment Day 2025
You don’t have to look far to see how plastic has worked its way into every corner of the agrifood system. Seedling trays, mulch films, irrigation tubing, shipping crates, cling wrap. And that’s before it even hits the shelves.
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2025.06.04
USDA Debuts 2025 Soybean Conditions in First Crop Progress Report of June
Today, USDA published the ninth Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers.
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2025.06.03
Ukraine: rural communities need immediate support to plant and produce food amid ongoing war
Kyiv - With the war ongoing, many Ukrainian farmers and rural farming families face limited access to their land due to mines and lack the financial resources to purchase needed agricultural inputs.
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2025.06.02
Astana International Forum: FAO calls for increased investment to unlock Central Asia’s potential and address regional challenges
Water conservation, transboundary cooperation and sustainable agriculture are key to securing the region’s future, says FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
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2025.05.29
3 Big Things Today, May 28, 2025
Fifty percent of U.S. winter wheat was in good or excellent condition as of Sunday, down from 52% seven days earlier, the USDA said in a report that was delayed a day due to Memorial Day.