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Saturday, May 16, 2020
Over 200,000 hectares rice, corn farms at risk in Philippines
As Typhoon Ambo hit the Philippines, almost 266,000 hectares of rice and corn farms are at risk, making the Department of Agriculture (DA) to release portions of its Quick Response Fund (QRF), reported Manila Bulletin.
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Indian farmers face labour shortage on record wheat harvest
Labour shortage across rural India brought about by the country-wide lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19 has affected the harvesting and movement of the country's largest-ever wheat crop, reported Reuters.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Philippine farmers call for poultry import ban
A group of poultry raisers has requested the Philippine government to temporarily restrict the importation of poultry products as they are currently dealing with surplus stocks at the local market, reported Manila Bulletin.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Pork meat piles up in Flemish pork farms on dropping demand
A farmers union said that pig farmers in Flanders, the Flemish region of Belgium, are running out of space for their animals as pork demand slumps due to the COVID-19 outbreak and a swine flu epidemic, reported The Brussels Times.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Danforth Family Farms starts new pork business
Danforth Family Farms in Nashville, Georgia is launching a new business selling locally-grown fresh pork products in area stores and flea markets, reported WALB News 10.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Merck Animal Health launches spray-on antimicrobial solution Armatrex
Merck Animal Health has launched an EPA-registered bacteriostatic spray-on antimicrobial solution for use on structures and physical components in a variety of livestock production, equine and companion animal biosecurity situations.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
US state urges USDA to secure aquaculture farmers' aid
The Congressional delegation of Maine is urging the USDA to guarantee aquaculture farmers are qualified for direct relief from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), reported Mount Desert Islander.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
US corn farmers face sharp losses as prices crash
This year, US corn farmers are facing heavy losses as prices crash to the lowest in over a decade after they had bought seeds and fertilisers, and began sowing the second-biggest crop since the Great Depression, reported Reuters.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Perdue Farms to test whole plant for COVID-19
Beginning Wednesday, Perdue Farms will be testing everyone at its facility for COVID-19, according to Dr Steven Stack in Governor Beshear's daily briefing, reported 14 News.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
McKinsey consultancy report outlines ways farms can reduce greenhouse gas emissions
These include breeding cattle that produce lower methane and utilising new technologies such as zero-emission farm machinery, reported Reuters.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Iran's poultry farmers bury thousands of chicks alive
Chicken farmers in Iran have buried thousands of baby chicks alive, as shown in grisly videos posted online in mid-April, reported France 24 Observers.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Dairy Farmers of America can buy dairy plants on condition
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will only allow Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) to buy milk processing plants from bankrupt Deans Foods if DFA divests from some of its other assets engaged in the dairy sector, reported NBC15.
Monday, May 4, 2020
GE salmon farmer AquaBounty closes Panama facilities
AquaBounty, a US company that developed the world's first genetically engineered (GE) salmon, closed its production and research facilities in Panama last April 16, the US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) repor ...
Friday, May 1, 2020
COVID-19 hits another poultry farm in Canada's British Columbia
Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry in Chilliwack, a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada, confirms that a worker has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in quarantine, reported NEWS 1130.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Canada's Ontario dairy farmers to increase milk donations to food banks
The Dairy Farmers of Ontario will increase their milk donations to food banks across the province amid the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing up to an additional 200,000 litres, reported Global News.

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