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UK farmers face lowering of tariffs on imports
2021-05-18 12:39:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The move could be part of securing a free trade deal with Australia and countries in Asia.
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US pig farmers face $5 billion losses and oversupply issues amid COVID-19 pandemic
2020-04-15 13:30:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
At a press briefing (14 April), the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) outlined the crisis as described by producers and the immediate relief they are requesting from the administration and Congress.
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Ivory Coast cocoa farmers seek gold in face of drought
2016-09-04 07:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Today: nce a cocoa planter, Ferdinand Konan Yao has joined the ranks of fellow farmers who have abandoned Ivory Coast`s top cash crop to work in clandestine gold mines buried deep in the plantations. "It hasn`t rained for more than five years and cocoa`s no longer worth anything," said Yao, sporting a cowboy hat. Ivory Coast is the world`s leading cocoa exporter but it is the prospect of striking gold that is luring diggers from neighbouring Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. They come to seek their...
Louisiana Farmers, Ranchers Face 'Total Loss' from Flooding
2015-06-16 03:10:49| Agriculture - Topix.net
It will be weeks, perhaps months, before it's known how much damage the recent flooding from the Red River has done to Louisiana's agriculture industry. James Wagley, Natchitoches Parish president for Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, tells The Town Talk thousands and thousands of acres that are underwater in his parish.
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Many farmers, ranchers face 'total loss' from flooding
2015-06-13 03:25:40| Agriculture - Topix.net
Many farmers, ranchers face 'total loss' from flooding Recovery could take until spring, agriculture commissioner says Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2015/06/12/many-farmers-ranchers-face-total-loss-flooding/71150978/ Thousands of acres of farm and pastureland in northern Natchitoches Parish is under water, just one of the spots farmers and ranchers have been hard hit by the flooded Red River. It will be weeks, perhaps months, before it's known how much damage the recent flooding has done to Louisiana's agriculture industry.