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Breaches of English farm pollution laws rise as rules remain largely unenforced - The Guardian

Violations of farming rules for water last year reached highest level since legislation was introduced...

theguardian.com / Article / 2 months ago

Michigan Farm's Beef Found to Contain Toxic Chemicals

Beef produced at a small Michigan farm was found to contain toxic "forever chemicals" after the cattle were fed crops grown with fertilizer made from...

Article / 5 months ago

Study: Nearly 400,000 Californians lack safe drinking water, often due to ag pollution - Successful farming

California's contaminated drinking water, tainted with arsenic, nitrate, and other chemicals, has affected over 370,000 residents...

agriculture.com / Article / 6 months ago

From heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021 - Reuters

Extreme weather events in 2021 shattered records around the globe. Hundreds died in storms and heatwaves. Farmers struggled with drought, and in some cases with locust plagues...

reuters.com / Article / 7 months ago

Release of chemicals by industries: Farmers’ body seeks compensation over crop loss in Bharuch - Indian Express

“The affected area of plantation of cotton is around 70,000 hectares and approx. 50,000 farmers have lost almost all the crops from such a big area in Bharuch and Vadodara region...

indianexpress.com / Article / 11 months ago

How much will climate change cost agriculture? This economist is finding out - World Economic Forum

Substantial changes to agricultural policies will be needed to counter the effects of climate change, writes an economics professor...

weforum.org / Article / 12 months ago

EU strikes deal on huge farm subsidies, ending three years of negotiations - Reuters

European Union negotiators struck a deal on reforms to the bloc's huge farming subsidy programme on...

reuters.com / Article / 1 year ago

Senate passes first-ever climate mitigation bill for agriculture - Agriculture.com

Senate Agriculture chairwoman Debbie Stabenow was certain on Thursday that the House would...

agriculture.com / Article / 1 year ago

Half of all cotton growing regions face severe climate risks by 2040 if carbon emissions continue to soar

First of its kind global analysis of climate risks to cotton production published...

PR / 1 year ago

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