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2023.09.03
Livestock prices plummet as Australian farmers prepare for drought
Saleyard prices down 40% on average from 2022 and are in line with amounts seen during 2019 drought, Meat and Livestock Australia says.
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2023.09.01
Cartons make for a fruitful choice for the fruit juice industry
Loadshedding has remained an ever-present spectre each day this year except for one, while inflation has only shown signs of cooling recently with a dip to 6.3% in May after a rapid rise for 13 months straight.
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2023.09.01
August ends with huge deficit, large parts of India's agricultural tracts in the red
Southwest monsoon expected to revive in deficit regions, but can ‘normal’ rains in September make up the deficit and diminish apprehensions of increase in prices of edible oils, pulses in the coming festival season.
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2023.09.01
India's rice area grows on higher prices, cotton sowing lags
Indian farmers have planted 39.8 million hectares (98.3 million acres) with rice, up 3.7% on the same period last year, farm ministry data showed on Friday, as record high prices prompted farmers to expand the area.
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2023.08.31
State grain fees will resume this week to replenish indemnity fund
A fee of a quarter-cent per bushel on initial grain sales is poised to go into effect Friday to rebuild a state fund that protects farmers from dealer and warehouse failures.
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2023.08.30
From rice to palm oil, Asian crops output forecast lower as El Nino strengthens
An unusually dry August has taken a toll on cereal and oilseed crops in Asia as El Nino intensified, and forecasts for lower rainfall in September are further threatening to disrupt supplies.
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2023.08.30
Relief from heat wave may be short-lived, says weather expert
Sweltering heat encompassed the Corn Belt region in the final week of August. Cooler temperatures will usher in, but warmer weather is expected to return by early September.
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2023.08.29
MINNESOTA CORN FARMER DISHEARTENED BY MEXICO GM CORN BAN
There’s heightened concern about U.S. market impact as Mexico moves forward with its ban on genetically modified corn.
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2023.08.29
Animal welfare activists increase calls to ban cage system poultry farming in East Africa
Animal welfare activists in East Africa region continue to call on governments to ban on cage system in poultry farming terming the system as going contrary to the rights of a number of birds reared especially chicken.
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2023.08.28
Soil moisture helps Ivory Coast cocoa main crop despite poor rains
Rains were below average last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions but soil moisture content was still high enough to help strengthen the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday.