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2023.04.08
Italy – the first to ban lab meat and feed?
Italy’s government has approved a bill banning the use of laboratory-produced food and animal feed as it aims to safeguard the country’s agri-food heritage.
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2023.04.07
Brazil prosecutors seek $2.5 bln in damages from alleged orange juice cartel
Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.5 billion in damages over an alleged scheme to fix prices between 1999 and 2006, a prosecutor told Reuters.
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2023.04.07
After growing GM corn for decades, some US farmers open to Mexican restrictions
Farmers have for decades planted GM corn, which protects against insects and weedkillers, with seeds sold by companies like Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE), Corteva Inc (CTVA.N) and ChemChina's Syngenta.
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2023.04.06
Conference evolves to capture carbon farming opportunities
Carbon Farmers of Australia are well known for their highly informative and educational National Carbon Farming Conferences and expos, the last being the highly successful May 2022 event.
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2023.04.06
Study: the effect of pomegranate and onion on broilers
The authors of the study confirmed the enrichment of broilers’ diet with a mixture of pomegranate and onion aqueous or cyclodextrin extracts.
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2023.04.06
India may need some dairy imports despite improving stocks, says official
India's stockpiles of dairy products have recovered in the past two months, though some products could qualify for duty free imports during peak demand season, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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2023.04.06
In Jharkhand, a rare drought leaves farmers with no paddy to sell
Low rainfall during the kharif sowing season and persistent drought conditions last year, brought on due to climate change, have hit farmers in the largely rain-fed state hard
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2023.04.06
Telangana State emerges as 3rd largest cotton producer in India
The Telangana State government's measures to boost cotton production have yielded positive results, as the State has emerged as the top cotton producer in South India and the third-largest producer in the country, after Gujarat and Maharashtra.
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2023.04.05
Diversifying crop fields reduces pest abundance, study finds
Intercropping—the practice of planting mixtures of crops—can be an effective pest management tool worldwide, a new University of Florida study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows.
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2023.04.05
Kenya to double its avocado export in the next five years as demand increases
Kenya is planning to double its avocado export from Sh15 billion to Sh30 billion annually in the next five years following increasing demand of the country’s produce in the international market.