Governor Greg Gianforte for Montana state has banned the selling or leasing of agricultural land to foreign adversaries especially near military installations. The governor has prohibited China and Russia from buying farmland, critical infrastructure or even homes that are deemed to be near military installations and assets for the government. He further said that his...
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Current State of Canada Lobster
With the rising spring season catch, prices of Canada lobster are plummeting. The availability of the seafood commodity has increased of late as Newfoundland and Nova Scotia start the spring crustacean season. The reigning price per pound stands at $10.42. By and large, there has also been a halt in direct buying from producers in...
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Meat and Dairy Sales Expected to Rise During King Charles’ Coronation
Analysts have predicted huge red meat and products from dairy sales as the coronation of King Charles III starts today in the UK. The Brits who are known for loving a party will throng streets to enjoy the weekend. The coronation that is slated to take place on Saturday, May 6 promises to show the...
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Dutch Farmers: EU Okays Plan to Buy Out Farmers to Reduce Emissions
A tractor protest seeking to upstage plans to buy out farms from Dutch farmers ‘forever,’ has been going on for the better part of 2023, precisely since March, in provincial Netherlands, amid EU’s nod to the scheme aiming to reduce emissions. The agricultural hotbed of Western Europe seeks to stem its rising nitrogen emissions by...
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El Nino is knocking: Assessing potential impact on food and agriculture
The global weather phenomenon of El Nino is on course later in 2023, according to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). If it occurs in the twilight months of 2023, for its peak coincides with the European and North American winter, it will push the temperatures for this year to an unprecedented high. ...
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Are Factory Farms Fuelling Antibiotic Resistance?
It’s emerging that a huge portion of antibiotics are increasingly ending up in agricultural uses. Factory farms in particular, or concentrated animal feeding operations, are intensely feeding animals with antibiotics to prevent or treat diseases. This has triggered a rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria. When these bacteria get to human beings through the food chain,...
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Is Solar Farming Killing Food Farming?
There is a raging debate in the U.S whether solar farms should be encouraged. There are those who feel that by encouraging farmers to switch to solar harvesting for energy and profits, in place of growing food, the food sector will eventually be diminished and this is a grave danger to food security. On the...
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Luke Bryan Announces 2023 Farm Tour
Country singer and songwriter Luke Bryan will again this year headline his Farm Tour as he trots around 5 farm arenas giving back to local farmers who formed most of his early life. The Farm Tour has been held since 2009 when Bryan kick-started a tradition that was to connect with American farmers and more...
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In Souh Africa, Food Prices are Accelerating
South Africa is in the grip of a worrying trend of high food prices which in February 2023, nearly surpassed the 2009 record. A loaf of bread now costs up to 20 Rand ($1.09), a cost that seems like a nightmare to the common consumer who recently used to buy it for only 5 Rand...
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Is Mao Era Agriculture Control Back in China?
While a three-year lockdown over Covid-19 still rings fresh in the minds of most people in rural China, it goes without saying that anything from this period that hints at freedom curtailing can have a sensational run. Indeed, something of a similar caliber is already running its course in a remote hamlet in Xian, north...