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2023.02.08
'Gates Ag One' Invests in Project to Create Self-Fertilizing Crops for African Farmers
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Agricultural Innovations programme has awarded a USD 35 million grant to a Cambridge University-led project to develop self-fertilizing crops for African farmers.
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2023.02.08
TAMS enables mixed farmer upgrade to hi-tech spreader
Seeing the advantages in GPS controlled fertiliser spreading, mixed Carlow farmer Pat Lennon decided to upgrade a fresh standard machine to a new Lemken spreader, while availing of the TAMS grant aid.
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2023.02.07
Milk Price in India: No choice, cost has also increased… Know why packet milk has become so expensive in a year
The price of milk has increased several times in the last one year, due to which the question in the mind of the common man is that what has happened that the period of increase in the price has not stopped.
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2023.02.07
Soy shakeup: The challenges and incentives for farmers switching to non-GMO
The US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) has released a study outlining recent trends in non-GMO soybean production.
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2023.02.07
India Ranks 1st, Contributes 24% Of Global Milk Production: Union Minister
Union Minister said that the milk production of India has registered a fifty-one per cent increase during the last eight years- during the year 2014-15 and 2021-22
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2023.02.07
India’s Wheat Planting Remains Constant Despite Record Price Hike
Despite a record rise in wheat prices, farmers in a key producing central state switched to rapeseed to take advantage of even higher prices for the oilseed, according to farm ministry data.
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2023.02.07
Brazil farmers harvest 9pc of area planted with soya bean
Brazilian farmers have harvested 9% of the planted soybean area in the 2022/23 cycle through last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said in a statement on Monday, up four percentage points from the previous week.
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2023.02.07
Fish welfare legislation ‘urgently needed’ says Compassion in World Farming as new study shows huge increase in global farmed fish numbers
Fish welfare legislation is urgently needed to protect farmed fish from cruelty, says Compassion in World Farming as a new scientific study published yesterday (6th February 2023) shows that the number of farmed fish has more than doubled since 2007.
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2023.02.06
Ukraine grain harvest 97% complete
Ukrainian farms had harvested 53.2 million tonnes of grain in bunker weight from 97% of the expected area as of Feb. 2, Reuters reported, citing the agriculture ministry on Friday.
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2023.02.06
Mt Kenya coffee farmers set to receive a windfall as quality beans attract top dollar
Mt Kenya coffee farmers are set to receive a windfall driven by improved quality and increased direct sales overseas.