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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Ag Europe, Ag Asia / Pacific,

06/20/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

China targets Europe's farmers, and not its automakers, in response to EU tariffs on electric cars

The Chinese government is taking aim at European farmers instead of German automakers by launching an investigation into European Union pork imports.

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TOPIC(S): Tobacco, Food Safety,

06/18/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general who asks Congress to act

The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece for The New York Times, Dr.

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TOPIC(S): Ag Europe, Government / Policies,

06/05/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces

Tractors are rumbling through the streets again days ahead of the four-day European Union election. The populist and hard right groups have instrumentalized agriculture throughout the 27-nation bloc in the months leading up to the polls.

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TOPIC(S): Tobacco,

05/07/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Minneapolis smokers to pay some of the highest cigarette prices in US with a $15 per-pack minimum

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health.

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture Global, Carbon Farming,

04/27/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice

Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide.

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Fertilizer, Ag India, Weather,

04/08/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer

Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather.

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TOPIC(S): Forestry, Coffee/Tea, Ag Europe,

03/25/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

'Winners and losers': The world of coffee is being reordered by EU laws to stop cutting of forests

New European Union rules aimed at protecting dwindling forests are reordering how the world gets its coffee.

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TOPIC(S): Ag India, Government / Policies,

03/23/2024 SOURCE: apnews.com

Thousands of Indian farmers protest in New Delhi demanding a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices

Thousands of farmers are protesting in India's capital to press their demand for a new law that would guarantee minimum crop prices.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,

10/17/2023 SOURCE: apnews.com

Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population

A new survey says America's honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,

10/13/2023 SOURCE: apnews.com

Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population

A new survey says America's honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies.

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