Jackie Jarvis has refuted “false” claims by the WA Nationals that she “advised” drought-stricken farmers to euthanise their livestock, saying her comments were taken out of context. It comes after the WA Agriculture Minister this week revealed the Cook Government would establish a 2024 Dry Season Taskforce to help producers facing tough seasonal conditions. Speaking … Read more
By RAF CASERT (Associated Press) ANDEREN, Netherlands — Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d’Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle. Little could be more idyllic. Little, says Ubels, could be more under threat. As Europe seeks to … Read more
AP EAPCET 2024 exam dates: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has rescheduled the Engineering, Agriculture, and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (AP EAPCET) 2024 exam dates. Now, the AP EAPCET engineering exam will take place from May 18 to 23, 2024.Initially slated for May 13 to 19, the AP EAPCET 2024 engineering … Read more
In years to come, Malaysia and many other nations around the world will be grappling with two interconnected challenges: food security and falling birth rates. These issues, while distinct, share a common thread of impacting the well-being and future sustainability of human lives as we know it. However, amid these challenges lies the potential for … Read more
The makers of the influential 2008 documentary “Food, Inc.” never planned to make a sequel. They figured they’d said it all in their harrowing look at a broken, unsustainable food system — a system led, they argued, by a few multinational corporations whose monopoly squeezes out local farmers, mistreats animals, workers and the soil itself, … Read more
For the first time in more than 40 years, a congressional district in Colorado is without a voice in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1983, a seat sat vacant because Jack Swigert, a former astronaut on the Apollo 13 who was elected the previous November, died of cancer one week before taking office. This … Read more
A McDonald’s crew member prepares french fries in Miami, Florida. Getty Images It’s a timeless question at fast-food counters: Do you want fries with that? Responders continue answering affirmatively at a higher-than-average rate, a top potato supplier indicated. It underscores the resilience of consumer spending, even as inflation pinches pocketbooks and pandemic savings dry up. … Read more
Chick-fil-A is the latest restaurant chain in the United States to drop its promise of “no antibiotics ever” in its chicken products. Several major companies, such as Tyson Foods, had made such a pledge but have shifted to excluding only antibiotics that would interfere with the effectiveness of human medicine. Antibiotic-free meat commitments were intended … Read more
Indonesia was self-sufficient in rice in the 1980s before farmland was used to build housing for the booming population, which now stands at more than 270 million people. Despite this, more than 90 per cent of Indonesian families still consume rice every day, providing more than half their daily calories. The Southeast Asian nation’s per … Read more
Warm winters impacting nation’s largest maple syrup farm – CBS News Watch CBS News Warm winters are having a negative effect on the United States’ largest maple syrup farm. Noel Brennan has the story. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On FOLLOW … Read more
