Farmers say the tax will destroy family farms and threaten food production, while the gov’t says it’s needed to raise funds. British farmers have descended on London to call on the government to scrap inheritance tax rules on land ownership, which they say will destroy family-run farms. On Tuesday, protesters…
A teenager from British Columbia tested positive for the H5 avian flu, and health authorities are investigating. Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu after a teenager tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities. The teenager, from the western province of British Columbia, is believed…
But Peach County — named for the Elberta peach, a variety developed in the area — represents a unique microcosm in Georgia. It is split nearly evenly between Black and white residents, at about 44 percent apiece, according to 2022 census data. Anna Holloway, a former professor and dean at…
Much of the food we eat is grown with synthetic fertilizer, which is a huge source of climate change. But now, a seed with DNA-modified bacteria is reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer that farmers have to apply to their fields. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York…
WATERTOWN, Wis. — The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s endorsement of Sen. Tammy Baldwin — its first statewide Democratic nod in more than 20 years — has raised eyebrows in the Dairy State. Farmers told The Post they want to send someone with business experience to Congress instead — namely Baldwin’s Republican…
Trade watchdog says company misled customers about origin of butter used in ‘100 percent pure New Zealand’ products. A New Zealand dairy company has been fined 420,000 New Zealand dollars ($261,452) for using imported Indian butter in products labelled as locally produced. New Zealand’s Commerce Commission said on Monday that…
Along the rice fields of Porto Tolle in Veneto, the areas damaged by salt seeping into the soil are clearly visible. It has been caused by both direct irrigation with brackish water and by saltwater rising from the subsoil. In the Po Delta, the problem is particularly bad because the fields…
Move follows lifting of restrictions on imports of Australian coal, timber and barley. China has lifted an import ban on five Australian beef producers, the Australian government has said, the latest sign of a thaw after years of strained ties between Beijing and Canberra. “China has lifted its suspension of…
Aboude, Ivory Coast – It’s 11am in Aboude, a village in southern Ivory Coast, and Magne Akoua has already been working on his cacao farm for several hours. The 65-year-old moves slowly and methodically from one tree to the next, scrupulously shunning the scorching sun. “We have to check on…
Yavatmal/Mumbai, India — On a warm Sunday afternoon in April, a group of farmers sits on a roadside bench at the intersection of the highway with their village, Raveri, in the Yavatmal district of western India’s Maharashtra state. One of them, Bhushan Unde, 31, has his phone out and is looking…
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