TOPIC(S): Commodities, Agriculture US, USDA,

09/18/2020 SOURCE: www.agri-pulse.com

USDA opens new, expanded round of COVID aid to farmers

The Agriculture Department is launching a new round of coronavirus relief payments worth up to $14 billion that will be spread over more commodities with new methods of calculating the assistance.

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Topics: Beekeeping, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Hunger, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

Across China: Gansu herb farmers cure poverty while fighting coronavirus

Photo shows farmers tilling a female ginseng field in Minxian County, Gansu Province, on June 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Ma Wanan)LANZHOU, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The locals

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Topics: Beekeeping, Sustainability, Research, World Population,

Scientists are ‘scent-training’ bees as if they’re search dogs

The Streetjournal Magazine is an online investigating media house that specializes on systematic, serious crimes, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing.

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TOPIC(S): Poultry, Food/Nutrition, Coronavirus/COVID,

09/17/2020 SOURCE: www.salon.com

Egg price-gouging accusations, a pandemic cheese "roller coaster": Why food costs are still in flux

Restaurants are trying to work within the "new normal," but for a number of reasons, food prices haven't stabilized

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TOPIC(S): Dairy, Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag India, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population,

09/17/2020 SOURCE: indianexpress.com

Festive demand, rising prices of milk products help dairy farmers see recovery after Covid lows

On Tuesday, prices of SMP at Global Dairy Trade (GDT), the fortnightly auction platform of New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative, averaged $2,889 per tonne.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Wheat, Agriculture US,

Today's good news

ND farmers finish neighbor’s harvest after heart attack

Around 60 farmers in Divide County put their own harvesting on hold to cut 1,000 acres for a neighbor who suffered a heart attack after his combine caught fire last week.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Food/Nutrition,

People are grilling whole sunflower heads like corn on the cob and it's delicious

Would you try it?

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