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2023.09.20
Extreme Brazil heat in last week of winter a risk to soybean planting
A large part of Brazil is expected to suffer from extreme heat this week, with meteorologists warning of temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F), which could hamper the country's soybean planting.
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2023.09.19
SIMEZA and CESCO: leading global grain handling, storing and processing solution providers to showcase at the Grain and Milling Expo in Morocco
SIMEZA, one of the pioneer silo companies in Europe and CESCO, German company which designs and supplies industrial plants for handling, storing and processing grain will be attending the October 4th&5th Grain and Milling Expo in Casablanca.
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2023.09.18
World Vegetable Centre and International Fertiliser Development Centre signs MoU to promote crop research and nutrition in Tanzania
The World Vegetable Centre (WorldVeg) and International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a collaboration effort to promote crop research and nutrition in Tanzania.
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2023.09.15
India tightens wheat stocks limits, no plan to axe import tax
India will reduce the limit on the amount of wheat stocks that traders and millers can hold but it has no immediate plans to abolish the import duty on the grain, a top government official said, indicating sufficient local supplies.
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2023.09.15
Four-wheel drive tractor sales show growth in August
Tractors in the 4WD segment saw sales growth in August, despite an overall decline in tractor sales.
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2023.09.14
Brazil says it has found cases of cocoa mild mosaic virus
Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday it has identified the presence of the cocoa mild mosaic virus (CaMMV) in orchards in northeastern Bahia, the country's largest producing state of the chocolate-making raw material.
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2023.09.14
Digital marketing key to luxury tea startup success says Adja Sembene Fall
Senegalese businesswoman Adja Sembene Fall said she had no choice but to launch her start-up business online because her new Contanna fair-trade tea company only had $200 to its name.
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2023.09.13
Russia: Rouble collapse exposes labour crisis in poultry industry
Russian poultry farms have been hit by a labour shortage as a sharp Russian rouble depreciation in the past few months triggered an outflow of immigrants from central Asia, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported.
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2023.09.13
Kenya to boost fish industry contribution to the national economy by 80 per cent in three years
The Kenya Fish Marketing Authority (KFMA), a state agency established in 2016 has come up with a strategic target to expand fish industry contribution to the national economy by 80 per cent from Ksh30 billion to Ksh150 billion in the next five years.
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2023.09.12
Mechanisation training provides boost to Benin’s farmers
Farmers in Benin have benefited from a pioneering technical training project, hosted recently by CNH Industrial in association with local Case IH importer SONAMA...