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Hot chips set to return to menus as potato harvest gets underway

Wet weather and fewer potato imports are creating trying times for fish and chips shops, but growers say the start of the potato harvest across Tasmania and Victoria should ease demand.

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Durian from China? Hainan gears up for first harvest of SE Asia's 'king of fruits'

China is gearing up for the harvest of its first domestic durian crop this summer after more than four years of cultivation, although it is not expected to challenge Southeast Asia's stranglehold on sales of the pungent smelling fruit.

Bangkok Post

Plan to reduce emissions will have unintended consequences on agriculture, farmers say

Farmers are raising concerns the federal government's plan to reduce the emissions of big polluters would rely too heavily on carbon credits from agriculture.

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Country diary: Life on the farm is pregnantly poised

Long Dean, Cotswolds: The sows are weeks from farrowing, last year’s calves have been weaned ahead of the new births – and we’re anxiously waiting for rain

The Guardian - UK

The Little-Known Jackfruit Trade Is Earning Rural Ugandan Farmers Nearly 20 Percent Of Yearly Income

A Uganda-based jackfruit processing company has taken a share of the rising vegan meat market in the Netherlands.

Zenger

The heinous history of Canadian sugar

The painful, shameful history of sugar cultivation and production

Salon

Chinese firms busted for fake Thai rice

Thai authorities have taken steps to have charges filed in China against three factories in Anhui province for selling counterfeit Thai jasmine rice.

Bangkok Post

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Recycling America’s chicken poop sounds great – unless you live next door

Biogas promises to be a solution to farm country’s animal waste problem. But a Delaware community is concerned it could lead to more pollution

The Guardian - US

Upskilling workers and slashing tariffs: key takeaways from the Productivity Commission report

Five-yearly report devotes section to threat of climate crisis and suggests five ‘reform pillars’ to boost sluggish productivity growth

The Guardian - AU

NT Cattleman's Association president challenges Murray Watt's support of live export phase-out

The president of the NT Cattleman's Association says he doubts Murray Watt really believes shutting down the trade is the "best policy".

ABC News

Cattle prices record big drop but consumers unlikely to see cheaper steaks

After years of record highs, cattle prices in Australia have fallen nearly 40 per cent but it's unlikely to lead to cheaper steak according to economists.

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Government's plan to tax 'unrealised gains' a big worry for farmers as $3m threshold threatens retirement plans

Part of the federal government's changes to rules around superannuation involves a new tax on "unrealised gains", and it has farmers especially worried.

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Farm shops report huge sales boost amid supermarket fruit and veg crisis

"I think that once the new customers we have gained over the past month have tried our produce they will be back. Shop local"

Manchester Evening News

Bird flu: Nigeria is on major migratory bird routes, new strains keep appearing

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called “bird flu”, which has been recurring in Nigeria since 2006. It has resulted in the loss of millions of birds and income for people who rely on the poultry industry. Nigeria is currently grappling with another outbreak which…

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The Independent UK

Populist Farmer Citizen Movement wins big in Dutch election

A new powerhouse of Dutch right-wing populism has seized the political center stage after winning its first provincial elections

The Guardian - UK

Rural populist party emerges as big winner in Dutch elections

Success of Farmer-Citizen Movement in provincial vote is heavy blow to Mark Rutte’s four-party coalition

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sisi Urges Media to Shed Light on ‘New Delta’ Projects

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has urged the media to shed light on the New Delta projects. Sisi was speaking on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex in Ain Sokhna. The state is racing against time to prepare the 3.5 million feddans of land reclamation programs in…

The Guardian - UK

A ringside view of Britain’s livestock markets – a photo essay

Supermarket power and the BSE crisis nearly killed off traditional auctions. But with sales of £2bn, they remain a keystone of farming life. We joined the traders at Ross and Hereford

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Bangkok Post

CP Group weighs feed and seed business IPO

Charoen Pokphand Group is exploring an initial public offering (IPO) of its seed and animal feed business on the Stock Exchange of Thailand that could raise as much as $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Bangkok Post

Thailand's development model splutters

Location-based economic development (LED) strategies, defined as government efforts to improve a particular area's economic and social conditions, were implemented in economically advanced countries long before they were in Thailand.

ABC News

Farmers 'jack of waiting' for compensation after federal court ruling on unlawful live cattle export ban

Three years after a federal court ruled a live cattle export ban unlawful, farmers say they are yet to see a dollar and have accused the federal government of intentionally delaying compensation.

Wales Online

High Court review to look at River Wye pollution

A large amount of organic manure has been spread over the land to facilitate the poultry industry's rapid growth near the River Wye, which as a result, has lead to a substantial increase in levels of phosphorus in the soil

The National (Scotland)

Tories 'pit food production against climate' as MSPs debate future of farming

ON Wednesday afternoon, MSPs debated the proposed Vision for Agriculture in Scotland – a document which sets out the government’s ambitions for…

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Saleyard lamb prices decline after summer of highs, supermarkets costs tipped to stay high

After holding up in the face of plunging cattle values, lamb prices are beginning to drop at a fast pace.

ABC News

Legal action against Cattle Australia dropped as beef groups reach a mediated settlement

The Supreme Court challenge against the new peak cattle industry group has been resolved in mediation, so are Australian producers of grass-fed cattle finally united?

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