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Monitor on MSN6h
Agropastoralists embrace micro-scale irrigation
Farmers in the cattle corridor of Kayunga and Buyende districts rely on both livestock and crop production for their livelihoods. However, they are increasingly facing the challenges of climate change ...
Altoona Mirror9h
Growing force: Ag industry sees increase in the number of women farmers
In the past, farming was seen as a man’s job, but according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, women now make up over a ...
Zimbabwe Situation11h
Beef output rises 5pc in 2024
Tapiwanashe Mangwiro OVER 94 600 tonnes of beef were produced in 2024 compared to 90 000 tonnes in 2023, according to the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development’s ...
The Park Record19h
Stress raises farmers’ rates of suicide; funding that helped died on the vine
Josh Dallin spends his workdays talking to Utahns who raise cattle and grow crops, and knew that many were in distress. Everyone from neighbors to fertilizer dealers to equipment suppliers were ...
Less farmland is going for organic crops as costs and other issues take root
An increasing number of American farmers are turning away from growing organic. America’s certified organic acreage fell ...
The Fence Post1d
Dairy cattle and bird flu
CSU researchers work to determine how the virus is spreading Last spring, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced ...
The Columbian1d
Clark County history: Fort Vancouver’s first farm
The arrival of European settlers to the Columbia River brought the establishment of vegetable gardens and farms. A year before John Jacob Astor built Fort Astoria in Oregon, Nathan Winship sailed up t ...
The Cool Down on MSN1d
Farmers discover innovative new way their land can pull double duty: 'It doesn't have to look the way it did when your grandparents started farming'
Not only can farmers continue to use the land for agriculture, but they can also make more money. Farmers discover innovative ...
Trump tariffs hit Missouri farmers hard. ‘That’s going to come out of my pocket’
Trump has gone back and forth on retaliatory tariff increases with China — a major buyer of American soybeans and a big seller of farm equipment. Most recently, he imposed a 145% tariff on Chinese ...
The Nation Newspaper1d
Edo communities where herders, money lenders feast on farmers’ ‘blood’
Another farmer in the community, Balogun George, told our correspondent about how herders led their cows into his mother’s ...
Salute to Idaho Agriculture - Century Farms
FILER, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — A family farm in the Magic Valley has been producing milk for local companies for over a century! “We’re pretty small, but we try to do our little part in everything,” said ...
The Fence Post1d
Russian drones target Ukraine dairy farm for second time killing over 100 cattle
Russian drones have targeted a Ukraine dairy farm in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine for a second time killing over 100 cattle and destroying buildings. The destructive attack happened on Monday morning ...