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2024.01.22
Ugandan scientists start crossing local breeds with South Africa’s Kalahari Red to develop fast growing meat goat
Smallholder goat farmers from Uganda are set to benefit from an initiative by the country’s scientists aimed at improving local breeds such as Mubende, Kigezi,
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2024.01.19
Kenya launches financing agriculture sustainably 2024 conference to spearhead sector investment dialogue
Kenya has initiated a crucial dialogue on sustainable agricultural financing with the launch of the Financing Agriculture Sustainably (FINAS) 2024 Conference in Nairobi.
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2024.01.19
EIMA 2024: the mega-show of agricultural mechanics
The numbers and news of the event, which will be staged in Bologna from 6 to 10 November, were presented at a press conference.
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2024.01.19
Urgent Action Is Needed to Better Reward Tea Farmers for Using Sustainable Practices
There are 13 million people propping up the global tea industry. Two thirds of those people are smallholder farmers in developing countries, many of whom live in poverty.
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2024.01.18
Bovine TB: Daera facing legal action over compensation rate
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) has said it is prepared to take legal action against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) over its bovine TB (bTB) compensation policy.
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2024.01.18
CNH: €150 million investment in Harvesting Center of Excellence
CNH announces the latest phase in its five-year investment plan concerning its R&D and production facility in Zedelgem, Belgium.
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2024.01.18
IFAD up effort to catalyse increased private sector investments in rural and agricultural development ahead of Davos
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is accelerating its efforts to catalyse increased private sector investments in rural and agricultural development
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2024.01.17
U.S. crop prices head downhill after roller coaster climb
The average price for corn this marketing year will be 27% lower, wheat 18% lower, and soybeans 10% lower than last season, said USDA analysts.
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2024.01.17
Polar vortex descends on Corn Belt
XtremeAg Farmers push through extreme cold to keep farming operations moving. Kelly Garrett is a fifth-generation farmer in western Iowa. Garrett farms 4,000 acres of corn, over 1,800 acres of soybeans, and 170 acres of winter wheat.
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2024.01.17
Crop-killing weeds advance across U.S. farmland as chemicals lose effectiveness
Over the last two decades, chemical companies have reduced the share of revenue devoted to research and development spending and are introducing fewer products, according to AgbioInvestor, a UK-based firm.