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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.
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2023.08.25
U.S. needs more trade pacts as a hedge against China, say ag industry groups
China is a golden market and a potential pothole for U.S. food and ag exports, said 20 farm and agribusiness groups in a letter to presidential aspirants.
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2023.08.24
Prolonged heat in Ukraine creates poor conditions for winter sowing
Prolonged heat across many Ukrainian regions has dried the upper soil level, creating unfavourable conditions for the forthcoming winter grain sowing, analysts APK-Inform quoted state weather forecasters as saying on Thursday.