John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Ag India, Government / Policies, Coronavirus/COVID,
Coronavirus India updates: Madhya Pradesh govt announces night curfew in urban areas
The number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high since the outbreak of the pandemic with over 1.15 lakh new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,28,01,785, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Jobs, Agriculture Global, Ag India, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Number of workers in agri dipped in 30 years: Report | India News - Times of India
India News: NEW DELHI: In a reflection of the changing socio-economic dynamics, the report on “Women and Men In India 2020” shows that while share of male and fem.
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Amazon deforestation rose 17% in 'dire' 2020, data shows
By Anastasia MoloneyBOGOTA, April 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deforestation in the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, rose by 17% last year, with wildfires, beef production and logging causing forested areas roughly the size of El Salvador to disappear, according to new data published on Wednesday.The loss of primary forest - the clearing of old-growth, intact forest for the first time - hit its third-highest annual total on record since 2000, reaching 2.3 million hectares (5.6 million acres) in the nine countries spanned by the Amazon.
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Andrew Chronister
Topics: Crop Dusting, Drones UAV,
Agriculture spraying drones are being held back by regulations - DroneDJ
Agriculture spraying drones in the UK are currently being held back by outdated rules and regulations, warns researcher Jonathan Gill.
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Andrew Chronister
Topics: Drones UAV,
Guardian Agriculture Raises $10.5 Million For Its Crop-Dusting Drone Service
The startup looks to disrupt the ag industry by introducing farmers to a precise and sustainable approach to the practice.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Young Farmers, Economics,
Tax on Farm Estates and Inherited Gains
The U.S. Congress is debating two sets of new legislation that would impact the tax on farmer estates and inherited gains, indicative of the momentum for changes to the current code for estate, gifts, and generation skipping taxes. Both pieces…
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Ag Europe, Commodity/Trade Groups,
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CFAP 2 Applications Now Open For Enrollment
The USDA has just begun its third round of assistance in the form of $5.6 billion to help farmers in the pandemic.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Sustainability, Ag Podcast Global, Weather,
Heat Waves Could Bring Hundreds Of Billions In Agricultural Losses
Heat waves induced by climate change will threaten future agricultural crops at a faster rate than gradual global warming, according to a new study
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‘Staggering’ scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the
Levels of hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are at a “staggering” record high, now affecting one-in-three people, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.
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