John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Commodities, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Australia/NZ,
‘Three key factors’: Agriculture businesses making bumper profits
National Farmers’ Federation’s Charles Thomas says the record result seen for this financial year for farmers comes down to three factors. It comes as agriculture businesses are making bumper profits and investors are paying top dollar for land and access to other opportunities. “It’s the same factors that decide our success almost every season; it’s the climate, so we’ve got a really favourable La Niña weather system playing on the east coast at the moment,” Mr Thomas told Sky News host Cory Bernardi. “Second is our commodity prices, so we’re seeing very favourable commodity prices. “The final thing is the currency...the Australian farm sector exports two-thirds of what we produce, so what the farmers get paid at the end of the day is really dictated in US dollar term.”
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01/03/2022 SOURCE: www.newsday.co.zw
Zimbabwe has an estimated 15 million hectares of arable agricultural land, of which an estimated four million was bought by black farmers on a willing buyer willing seller basis before the disastrous fast-track land reform programme of 2000.
Agriculture as the trigger to industrialisation - NewsDay Zimbabwe
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Coffee/Tea, Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Ag South America, Weather,
Small coffee farmers lay their chips on smart agriculture to overcome climate crisis in the Cerrado biome - South Africa Today
A long drought followed by a strong freeze in 2020 damaged the coffee harvest in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer and exporter of the crop. Small farmers in the Cerrado region who generally don’t use irrigation because of the area’s historically abundant rainfall were hit the hardest. To take on the challenges brought on by […]
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Fertilizer,
Looking at the State of the World/Agriculture
The 2021 Mid America CropLife Association annual meeting featured much discussion on the supply chain and global economics.
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12/30/2021 SOURCE: flip.it
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high between 2020 and 2021.
Why deforestation in Brazil's Amazon has soared to its highest level in 15 years
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture Global,
What news from 3 top vertical farm players means for 2022 | Greenbiz
From IPOs to acquisitions this is what happened in the indoor farm world in 2021
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12/29/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
One farmer's on-farm research showed that cover crops could help reduce chemical applications, cut nitrogen inputs, and eliminate the cost of cleaning buildups of eroded soil from waterways.
Adopting no-till and cover crops builds soil organic matter and shaves costs
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag South America, Pollinators,
Monarch Butterflies Return to Goleta’s Ellwood Mesa
Source: City of Goleta The City of Goleta is pleased to share that monarch butterflies have returned to Goleta! Over 15,000 monarchs are spending the winter at Goleta’s Ellwood Mesa Monarch Butterfly
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture Global, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Plant Breeding,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population, Food Security/Shortage,
Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening resilience to safeguard agricultural livelihoods - Kenya
English Analysis on Kenya and 21 other countries about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 23 Dec 2021 by FAO
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