05/25/2023 SOURCE: www.reuters.com
Truterra LLC, the carbon farming and sustainable agriculture unit of Land O'Lakes Inc (LNDLK.UL), paid U.S. farmers $5.1 million in 2022 for capturing and storing 262,000 metric tons of carbon via sustainable practices, the company announced on Wednesday.
Land O'Lakes says US carbon farming payouts top $5 million in 2022
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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Tyson Foods plant closure raises antitrust concerns among US farmers, experts
Tyson Foods Inc gave its chicken suppliers two months' notice of its plan to shut a Virginia processing plant in May, raising concerns among farmers and legal experts about the company's compliance with antitrust regulations requiring it to give 90 days' notice before ending a contract.
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03/11/2023 SOURCE: www.reuters.com
More than 10,000 Dutch farmers protested in The Hague on Saturday against government plans to limit nitrogen emissions, a policy they say will spell the end of many farms and hit food production.
Dutch farmers and climate activists protest over government policies
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Judge tosses New York, New Jersey residents' challenge to offshore wind development
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York and New Jersey residents challenging preliminary government plans for offshore wind farm development off the Atlantic coast.
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Topics: Wheat, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, GMO's, FDA, Government / Policies,
Explainer: Biotech corn and soy widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat
Nearly all corn and soybean acres in the world's largest exporting countries are seeded with genetically modified varieties, but that is not the case for wheat, a crop grown primarily for human food.
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02/21/2023 SOURCE: www.reuters.com
Chinese cotton buyers are buying up Australian product in anticipation the unofficial ban that decimated Australian cotton exports to China could lift amid a diplomatic thaw that has already seen trade resume in other sanctioned commodities.
Australian cotton clears Chinese customs on bets sanctions will end
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02/21/2023 SOURCE: www.reuters.com
China will likely plant less than 1% of its corn fields with genetically modified varieties this year, said two people familiar with the plans, dashing hopes for a full market launch of the technology in the world's second-largest corn market.
Exclusive: China rolls out GMO corn planting, starts small
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Exclusive: U.S. demands Mexico explain science behind GMO corn ban
The new U.S. agriculture trade chief on Thursday told Reuters that he has given Mexico until Feb. 14 to respond to a U.S. request to explain the science behind Mexico's planned bans on genetically modified corn and glyphosate herbicide.
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U.S. farmers plan to go 'heavy on corn' in 2023
U.S. farmers are planning to boost corn acreage in 2023, eyeing lower prices of fertilizer needed to grow the crop and hoping for a bumper crop after a late season drought withered last year's grain harvest and left U.S. corn supplies near a decade low.
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U.S. farmers plan to go 'heavy on corn' in 2023
U.S. farmers are planning to boost corn acreage in 2023, eyeing lower prices of fertilizer needed to grow the crop and hoping for a bumper crop after a late season drought withered last year's grain harvest and left U.S. corn supplies near a decade low.
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