Agriculture News

• Tennessee doubles reimbursement for farmer certification
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee agriculture officials have doubled the reimbursement available for fruit and vegetable farmers who achieve a certification that lets them sell directly to customers. ...
  Washington Times.  Monday, 13 Jul 2020.
• RSPCA attacks Liz Truss's trade panel as undermining Britain's world-leading food standards
  
  The UK's largest animal welfare charity has warned that the new Trade and Agriculture Commission is a 'Trojan horse' that risks undermining the nation's world-leading farm and food standards.
  Daily Mail.  Sunday, 12 Jul 2020.
• Britain's obsession with beef impacting Amazon rainforest wildfires
  
  Brazil, home to two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest, is one of the riskiest countries from which the UK imports key agricultural commodities, say the WWF and RSPB.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 10 Jul 2020.
• West Virginia landowners can register for gypsy moth program
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia agriculture officials are asking landowners to register for a program to help slow the spread of gypsy moths. Application forms are available online and are being taken through Aug. ...
  Washington Times.  Thursday, 9 Jul 2020.
• Agriculture - a climate villain? Maybe not!
  
  The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases, and is thus by many observers considered as a climate villain.
  Science Daily.  Tuesday, 7 Jul 2020.
• Commodity Weekly: NatGas Slumps, Copper Jumps as Virus Maintain its Grip
  
  The commodity market with the exception of a few agriculture markets are generally entering the second half on a firmer footing. ...
  Yahoo.  Sunday, 28 Jun 2020.
• Governor Asks California County To Reimpose Stay-At-Home Order
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he wants an agricultural Southern California county to reimpose stay-home orders amid a surge in positive coronavirus tests there and through much of the state.
  Yahoo.  Friday, 26 Jun 2020.
• Agricultural conservation schemes not enough to protect Britain's rarest butterflies
  
  Conservation management around the margins of agriculture fail to protect butterfly species at greatest risk from the intensification of farming, a new study says.
  Science Daily.  Tuesday, 23 Jun 2020.
• Amazon Launches $2B Fund for Clean Tech
  
  The Climate Pledge Fund will invest in companies across transportation, energy generation, battery storage, manufacturing, food, and agriculture.
  Entrepreneur.  Tuesday, 23 Jun 2020.
• Trump targets foreign workers with new visa freeze
  
  Foreign tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs and executives will be affected.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 23 Jun 2020.
• Trump announces new visa restrictions on immigrant workers but exempts agriculture, food service, health
  
  President Trump expands restrictions on U.S. visas to target temporary workers from tech to seasonal construction, but includes broad carve-outs.
  Los Angeles Times.  Monday, 22 Jun 2020.
• US says a UK trade deal 'unlikely' before November
  
  America and the UK are at odds on a range of issues from agriculture to to taxes on tech firms.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 17 Jun 2020.
• Namibia faces red locust invasion
  
  Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday it had detected an outbreak of red locusts in central regions of the southern African country and had sent pest control teams to the affected areas.
  Reuters.  Wednesday, 17 Jun 2020.
• CORRECTED-Syngenta to roll out new digital ag tools in Brazil
  
  Switzerland-based seed and crop protection company Syngenta has chosen Brazil as the initial market for a new digital agriculture services platform intended to make local grain growers more competitive, a Syngenta executive told Reuters.
  Reuters.  Tuesday, 16 Jun 2020.
• Federal disaster loan program applications no longer limited to agricultural businesses
  
  The Small Business Administration is reopening its Economic Injury Disaster Loan and EIDL advance grant portal to a broader array of eligible small businesses and nonprofits affected by the coronavirus pandemic, beginning Monday.
  CNBC.  Monday, 15 Jun 2020.

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