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2024.01.03
Boom or bubble? High Missouri farmland prices encourage investors, concern farmers
In recent years, land prices have continued to see steep increases across the country despite market conditions that should have slowed their ascent.
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2024.01.02
Kansas rancher implements drought mitigation plan to survive third year drought
It’s been a third year of drought conditions and below normal precipitation in some parts of Kansas, causing one rancher to implement his drought mitigation plan to keep his operation going.
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2024.01.02
Strong gains for cocoa, iron ore in 2023 as energy prices dip
SINGAPORE, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Cocoa and iron ore prices surged in 2023, while natural gas and coal prices tumbled, with most agricultural products expected to outperform energy and industrial metals in the New Year amid supply constraints and dry weather.
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2023.12.29
Slow-moving markets to end the year
“Not much,” is the short answer to this question. It’s been a slow bleed with not much of a post-harvest rally to work with. Rallies have been selling opportunities for fund traders.
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2023.12.28
JBS invests $118 mln in Brazil feed mills
The aim is to increase JBS' feedstock production capacity by more than 1 million metric tons in Brazil, where Seara made recent investments to raise production of pork and chicken products.
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2023.12.28
Applications open for Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) 2024 awards
The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI), a global community of hunger fighters is inviting applications for Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) 2024 awards honoring outstanding early-career scientists engaged in wheat research.
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2023.12.27
Global 2024 staple food supplies to be strained by dry weather, export curbs
High food prices in recent years have prompted farmers worldwide to plant more cereals and oilseeds, but consumers are set to face tighter supplies well into 2024, amid adverse El Nino weather, export restrictions and higher biofuel mandates.
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2023.12.27
Turkish aid agency installs greenhouses in Somalia to boost vegetables, fruits production all year round
The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has installed two greenhouses, each with a 250 sq meters area, at the National University’s (UMMADA) Department of Agriculture in Mogadishu as part of an extensive project
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2023.12.26
Kazakhstan sees no point in reviving domestic crossbreeds
The institute’s building is still standing, all equipment has been preserved, and there are young scientists ready to devote themselves to the revival of poultry genetics hand-in-hand with experienced researchers, the authors reported.
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2023.12.26
Uganda sets official date for vanilla harvesting to maintain quality, weed out errant middlemen
Uganda through its Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has officially designated January 5th to April 5th, 2024 as the nationwide harvest date for vanilla to help farmers maintain the crop’s quality