Ukraine detains agriculture minister in $7m corruption case | Corruption News
Ukraine has pledged to bolster its anticorruption efforts as part of its bid for European Union membership. Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky has been detained…
Muster dog experts Neil McDonald and Jenny Parsons lend decades of experience to women getting into trade
An acclaimed working dog trainer in Western Australia says more women are taking on the challenge of training pups for a life on the land.Tenterden…
Inside the pressures facing Quebec’s billion-dollar maple syrup industry | Business and Economy News
Saint-Urbain-Premier, Quebec, Canada – In clear safety glasses and heavy beige overalls, Jean-Francois Touchette is in his element. All around him are pipes, tubes, temperature…
Why are British farmers pleading for a universal basic income? | Agriculture News
A new lobby group in the United Kingdom is calling for a universal basic income (UBI) for all British farmers amid concerns that government funding…
Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens | Agriculture News
Long the world’s undisputed cocoa powerhouses, accounting for more than 60 percent of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast are both…
Angry farmers block Brussels to protest EU policies, cheap Ukraine imports | Protests News
Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight in Brussels as hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the European Union…
Baralaba South coal mine proposal signals renewed fight from farmers with Dawson River concerns
In short: An international company has launched fresh plans to develop a mine in central Queensland that locals have fought against for more than a decade.Farmers…
London Grown: Roots of Resistance | Agriculture
In London, a city farmer battles to preserve her community’s green sanctuary in the face of soaring costs of living. For at least a decade,…
Boom time for Myanmar opium farmers amid coup chaos | Drugs News
In a remote corner of Myanmar, a line of farmers moves through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to…
Tunisia’s Fields of Resilience: The reality for female farmworkers | Women
In rural Tunisia, a mother toils in the fields to secure life-changing surgery for her daughter. From the cold of winter to the scorching heat…
Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture | Climate Crisis News
Drought crisis brought on by El Nino and climate change will affect more than a million households, President Hakainde Hichilema says. Zambia has declared the…
The Malawians braving climate shocks and red tape to make banana wine | Agriculture
Karonga, Malawi – Regina Mukandawire has been growing bananas on her small farm in the Karonga district in northern Malawi for more than 16 years.…
Woolworths axes Norco milk from all of its 150 stores in metropolitan Sydney
In short: Woolworths has removed all Norco milk from Sydney stores.150 stores will be affected.What's next: The supermarket says it will offer an expanded range of Norco products…
Photos: Farmers clash with police near the European Union headquarters | Agriculture News
Farmers have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tyres in a fresh show of force…
Farmers jeer Macron as tensions escalate at France’s top agriculture show
A farmer tries to run while protesting at the opening of the 60th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture), in Paris on Saturday. The fair…
The Mystery of Food Politics and It’s Proposed Extrication
Wars and cross border conflicts are known to stifle food supply mechanisms and impact production on a large scale. Ukraine being foremost exporter maize, oilseeds,…
Buffalo milk and meat a healthy, versatile alternative, says pioneering dairy farmer
An 85-year-old inspiration, Margaret Thompson heads into Maleny Buffalo's dairy every day to keep her late husband Mal's legacy alive.The petite, deep-thinking, determined farmer is…
Prickly paddy melon weed enzymes show potential as sustainable cement alternative
In short: A world-first study has found enzymes from the prickly paddy melon weed can create a sustainable alternative to cement.The weed costs the agricultural industry millions of…
Polish farmers block Ukraine’s border in protest against grain imports | Agriculture News
Farmers are angry at what they say is unfair competition from cheaper imports from Poland’s war-torn neighbour and ally. Polish farmers have blocked border crossings…
Politics and convenience drive Mexico to be US’s top trading partner | Business and Economy News
Before Elon Musk announced that he would pour billions into building his largest Tesla plant in the industrial outpost of Monterrey, Mexico, United States trade…