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UK Customs Proposals Very Negative for Irish Agriculture, Says IFA
2017-08-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - IFA President Joe Healy has said the UK’s insistence on leaving the customs union and pursuing an independent trade policy will amount to a hard Brexit and is potentially very negative for Irish agriculture and the value of Ireland's agri-food exports.
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Efforts to Reduce Pollution from Agriculture Slowly Paying Off
2017-08-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Efforts by farmers to reduce the amount of fertilizer that reaches drinking water sources can take years to have a positive impact, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo.
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What Do Farmers Need to Know About Climate Change? Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
2017-08-07 19:51:18| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, Director of NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy Climate change presents an enormous threat to farming and food security. A 2015 assessment report conducted by the U.S. Global Change Research Program noted that some models project the number of people at risk of undernourishment could grow by as many as 175 million by […]
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Farmer or Farmers wife? Tackling gender stereotypes in agriculture
2017-07-31 10:37:00| Food Processing Technology
31% of farmers in the US are female, and women own or co-own half of all farmland in the country, yet times are still tough for women in agriculture. Elliot Gardner speaks to Bridget Holcomb of the Women Food & Agriculture Network (WFAN) to learn mor
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US Agriculture Recognises Value of NAFTA
2017-07-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Canada's Agriculture Minister says US agriculture recognises the benefits that have been created by NAFTA over the past 20 years, according to Bruce Cochrane.
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