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Denmark to tax farmers for greenhouse gases emitted by their livestock beginning in 2030
FILE - Cows graze in a field in Luncavita, Romania, on May 21, 2019. Denmark will impose cattle farmers with a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions from 2030, claiming it will be the first country to do so, in a move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from each of their cows. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
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AI ranch hands and data-driven ‘plant factories’ offer a glimpse into the future of Canadian farming
New technology can help farmers and food producers do their jobs more effectively and efficiently, a potential benefit for those working the 150-million acres of farmland across Canada.
international business
India raises crop prices as PM Narendra Modi tries to win over farmers ahead of state elections
FILE PHOTO: A woman cleans rice grains at a wholesale market in Navi Mumbai, India August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
opinion
As grocery prices soar, the dairy lobby’s supply management has got to go
John Manley and Eddie Goldenberg
globe drive
Is your driving being secretly scored?
Kathleen Lomax shows the Life360 app on her phone in Short Hills, N.J., June 3, 2024. A safety feature of the Life360 app tracked the family's driving habits, prompting Lomax to cancel her $100 annual subscription. (Andres Kudacki/The New York Times)
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Shift to land-based salmon farming in B.C. could be expensive and logistically challenging, critics say
Coho salmon swim at the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Capilano River Hatchery, in North Vancouver, on Friday July 5, 2019. The Canadian government has agreed to prioritize environmental assessment for a chemical used in tire rubber that has been linked to the deaths of Pacific salmon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Why striking down Ontario’s ‘ag-gag’ law is so important
Jessica Scott-Reid
world
African hunger rises as drought and war trigger soaring food prices
A woman receives maize meal at a United Nations World Food Programme distribution center in Neno district, southern Malawi. Sunday, March 24, 2024. A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali)
alberta
Alberta irrigators’ study proposes $5-billion in water storage for drier future
Alberta's irrigation district managers are proposing a $5-billion plan for water storage and conservation in the province's south as the region faces increasingly tight supplies of the vital resource. People watch as water from the Bow River flows through the Bassano Dam before meeting up with the South Saskatchewan River in Bassano, Alta., on Saturday, June 22, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Why climate change on the farm means a big bill for Canadian taxpayers
Farm hand Connor Hunt bales a hay crop near Cremona, Alta., Monday, July 17, 2017. Farmers are calling for emergency relief as drought ravages crops across the Prairie provinces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Thin snowpack in mountains of Alberta, B.C. forcing farmers to manage operations carefully this year
A view shows frozen water on the Oldman Reservoir, which according to local news media is at its lowest point in 30 years, near Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada March 15, 2024. REUTERS/Todd Korol
european business
Hundreds of farmers again block streets in Brussels to protest EU policies
Farmers park their tractors near the European Council building in Brussels during a demonstration on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU farm ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in the sector which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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Higher chocolate prices part of wider trend as climate, other factors disrupt supply
A farmer checks cocoa pods at his farm inside the conservation zone in the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Higher chocolate prices this Easter after bad crops on the other side of the world are just the latest example of disruptions in the food supply chain, of which experts say consumers are increasingly becoming aware. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Sunday Alamba
international business
U.S. farms increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes
Fernando Osorio Loya, center, a contract worker from Veracruz, Mexico, stirs soil for a seeding machine as Jamie Graham, left, and Fredy Osorio, right, also a contract worker from Veracruz, Mexico, unload trays of seeded tobacco, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at a farm in Crofton, Ky. The latest U.S. agricultural census data shows an increase in the proportion of farms utilizing contract labor compared to those hiring labor overall. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
on commodities
What is the outlook for corn?
A field of corn is shown in Mill Hill, Pa., on Aug. 29, 2023. On Friday, the Labor Department releases producer prices data for December. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
british columbia
B.C. to provide $80-million to help farmers cope with drought
The British Columbia government says it is better equipping farmers to deal with drought, supplying $80 million in funding for irrigation. Dry needles on a grand fir tree are shown in the Cowichan Valley area of Duncan, B.C., on July 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
international business
Morocco reports first legal cannabis harvest of 294 metric tonnes
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Rif mountains, northern Morocco, March 13, 2021. Picture taken March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
energy and resources
China’s Xi Jinping says he’s willing to work with Angola as it moves on from oil
FILE PHOTO: Angola's President Joao Lourenco, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 3, 2018. Andy Wong/POOL Via REUTERS/File Photo
canada
Saskatchewan government to start work on $1.15-billion irrigation project
The Saskatchewan government says it's to begin work on a $1.15-billion project to expand irrigation in the province. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe sits for a photograph in the premier’s office at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu</div>
food & wine
Farming under siege: Canaan Palestine preserves the land’s millennia-old culture of cultivating olive oil
Ancient olive tree (Estimated at 3000 years old), Jenin region, Palestine.
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