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ASDA Pledge to Help British Pig Farmers
2016-04-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - A promise by ASDA that it will increase its fresh pork to 80 per cent British by next year has been welcomed by British pig farmers, who face losses of around £150m in 2016, as a result of low prices caused by Europe’s frozen-pork mountain.
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Farmers Warn EU Ministers of Impact of Mercosur Trade Agreements
2016-04-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Farm organisation Copa & Cogeca has urged Ministers to reject outright an EU Commission offer on agriculture which includes sensitive agriculture products in the free trade talks with the Latin American trade bloc Mercosur.
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6 Trending Headlines: EPA funds attach on farmers; PLUS are you smarter than a cow?
2016-04-11 15:40:00| Beef
Are you smarter than a cow? Take the quiz. Plus, learn how EPA is funding anti-agriculture messages and more in this week's Trending Headlines. read more
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Canada: Prairie farmers well-placed to adapt to climate change
2016-04-10 05:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Regina Leader-Post: Prairie farmers in Canada are better positioned than some of their global counterparts to adapt to the realities of climate change, says a University of Regina professor poised to speak about that and other topics in Ottawa this week. "We`re well-placed because there`s been quite a bit of this move to more sustainable practices in the ag sector, but also because farmers have been adapting ever since they set foot on the Prairies," said David Sauchyn, senior research scientist at the Prairie Adaptation...
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Mobile drought insurance for Africa's farmers
2016-04-09 01:54:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
African farmers' drought insurance claims paid by mobile
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