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Tech & trade: Youth urged to redefine farming in Africa
Food For Mzansi
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June 4, 2025
Africa has a paradox on its hands. The youngest population globally, yet the oldest farmers. However, within this paradox lies an untapped opportunity that could redefine the continent’s future through youth-led innovation in agriculture. This was...
WATCH: MP Farmers Crawl On Knees Half-Naked In Protest Demanding Moong Procurement, Sugarcane Payments & More
Free Press Journal
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June 4, 2025
WATCH: MP Farmers Crawl On Knees Half-Naked In Protest Demanding Moong Procurement, Sugarcane Payments & More | FP Photo Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district, farmers from the Kisan Mazdoor Sangh staged a unique...
Relief for Muguka farmers as MP Owen Baya withdraws controversial bill
The Standard
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Simon Musyimi in his muguka farm in Gachuriri Village, Mbeere South Sub-county in Embu County [Nanjinia Wamuswa/Standard] Muguka farmers can finally breathe a sigh of relief after Kilifi North MP Owen Baya agreed to withdraw a controversial...
Fairfields Farm scales up again with multi-million-pound investment to boost crisp production by 40%
Retail Times
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June 4, 2025
Fairfields Farm, the award-winning, family-run crisp producer based in Wormingford, Essex, is continuing its ambitious expansion plans with a major factory investment set to complete this May. The multi-million-pound upgrade includes the...
Over 4,000 ha of Crops Affected by Recent Hail Storms in Yambol Region
Bulgarian News Agency
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More than 4,000 ha of agricultural land in the Yambol region were affected by hailstorms that struck the area less than two weeks ago, the Regional Directorate of Agriculture told BTA on Tuesday. A total of 53 applications for financial aid have...
Shoreline Farmers Market Kicks Off 14th Season with Pride, Produce, and Community Power
Shoreline Area News - Washington State
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June 4, 2025
Opening Day: Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM - 18821 N Aurora Ave N SHORELINE, WA — The Shoreline Farmers Market is thrilled to announce the opening of its 14th season on Saturday, June 7, 2025, bringing fresh local food, vibrant...
GFBN Success Story: Prakash Chandra Belwal – Uttarakhand Farmer Earning Rs 30 Lakh Annually Through Traditional, Organic, and Diversified Farming on His 20-Acre Ancestral Land
Krishi Jagran
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June 3, 2025
Prakash Chandra Belwal, owning a 20-acre organic farm in Lakhanmandi, Nainital, where he has practiced sustainable agriculture for over 35 years amidst the lush Nandhaur Forest Range. (Image Credit: Prakash Chandra Belwal) Prakash Chandra Belwal,...
Drought bakes China’s wheat belt, slashing harvests for some
Townsville Bulletin
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June 4, 2025
Last month, Shaanxi recorded its highest average temperatures since records began in 1961. It baked cracks into the soil of an area known as China's wheat belt, worrying the farmers who tend the land. Rachel Graham has more.
GFBN Success Story: Haryana’s Sukhjeet Singh Turns 72 Acres into Rs 60 Lakh Organic Venture, Inspiring 600+ Farmers
Krishi Jagran
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June 4, 2025
Sukhjeet Singh employs cow urine and dung to make quality organic manure and liquid bio-fertilizers such as jeevamrut and ghana jeevamrut (Pic credit: Sukhjeet singh) Sukhjeet Singh, a visionary farmer from Haryana’s Sirsa district, was born into...
Anjori Goat: A Resilient and Profitable Indigenous Breed Empowering Chhattisgarh’s Farmers
Krishi Jagran
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June 4, 2025
Home Animal Husbandry The Anjori Goat, a hardy meat breed from Chhattisgarh, is known for its resilience, adaptability, and economic value. Officially registered by ICAR-NBAGR, it thrives in local climates, supports rural livelihoods, and holds...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan Announces 9 ‘Clean Plant’ Projects for Disease-Free Farming; 3 to Be Set Up in Maharashtra
Krishi Jagran
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June 4, 2025
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressing the audience at India’s first International Agri Hackathon held in Pune. (Photo Source: @OfficeofSSC/X) Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the launch of nine 'Clean Plant'...
Contamination risks threaten clam, mussel harvests at Bar Harbor beach
FOX 23 - Maine
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BAR HARBOR, Maine (WVII) -- Hadley Point Beach in Bar Harbor is a popular bay for clam and mussel harvesting, but contamination threats and poor water quality could pose a risk to farmers and their businesses. On random days during the week, the...
This farming shortcut promised better harvests. It may be hurting the soil instead.
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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June 4, 2025
When someone asks farmer Naiku Gaikwad about soil pollution in his village, he points to an abandoned 40-foot well filled with plastic. “After harvesting their crops, farmers here toss hundreds of kilograms of plastic mulch into this well,” said...
Trump food aid cuts eliminate key income source from some smaller Minnesota farms
Minnesota Public Radio News
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June 4, 2025
Dan Zimmerli, left, and Katey Witt harvest carrots after using an undercutter on a tractor to do the heavy lifting of loosening the dirt at Cedar Crate Farm. Zimmerli said he likes the challenge of growing carrots because typically they are very...
Things Are Beginning To Look Up For Minnesota Farmers!
Power 96 - Minnesota
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June 4, 2025
If you’ve driven around even a slightly rural section of Minnesota recently, you’ve seen our states’ farmers hard at work. As I wrote recently, farmers are the backbone of our country and they face tremendous stressors, a lot of which they can’t...
Farmers miss out on pigeon peas market
The Nation Malawi
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June 4, 2025
Malawi’s pigeon peas farmers have failed to utilise the India market and have called on government to step in to elevate the crop’s status within national agricultural strategies. The sentiments by Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) follow published...
Water security on farms gets £1.1m government backing
Farming UK
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A new government-backed scheme is offering fully funded expert water assessments to help farmers safeguard their businesses from future droughts. Farming businesses across England can now apply for the assessments, which are aimed at tackling...
Farmers Provoked Over Falling Mango Prices; Tamil Nadu Association Declares Protest On June 10
Free Press Journal
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Chennai:The Tamil Nadu Farmers Association has announced a statewide protest on June 10, demanding immediate government intervention to address the steep fall in mango procurement prices that has left thousands of cultivators in financial...
Zimbabwe: Former farm workers in Mvurwi, structural constraints on success
Zawya
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Former farm workers living in compounds on resettlement farms in Mvurwi are some of the most marginalised people across the land reform farms. ‘Success’ is limited by a set of major structural constraints that individuals cannot overcome by...
Drought bakes China's wheat belt, slashing harvests for some
WTVB - Michigan
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By Ella Cao, Florence Lo and Xiaoyu Yin XIANYANG, China (Reuters) – About an hour by road northwest of the famed Terracotta Warriors, combine harvesters send out clouds of dust as they work their way through the parched wheat fields of Maqiao...