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#Brazil ready to export more food amid trade war, says #agriculture ministry official: "We are ready to support any country that requires an increase in Brazilian exports - even for geopolitical considerations," said #LuisRua, trade secretary at #Brazil's Ministry of #Agriculture. euractiv.com/section/agricultu

Albanese tells Trump that Australia is ‘not negotiating’ on biosecurity, medicines and news theguardian.com/australia-news
Office of US trade representative releases report on ‘foreign trade barriers’ including Australia’s biosecurity regime for imported beef, pork and poultry #trade #auslaw #auspol #uslaw #uspol #AUSFTA #access2meds #agriculture #media

The Guardian · Albanese tells Trump that Australia is ‘not negotiating’ on biosecurity, medicines and newsBy Sarah Basford Canales

Idaho lawmaker's family farm raided by ICE

I'm so impressed by this reporter. He also reported on the West Ada County school district that went after a teacher for her "Everyone is welcome here" poster.

In this climate, in a state as full of fucking Nazis as Idaho has become, this kind of reporting takes bravery. They're lucky to have this guy.

youtube.com/watch?v=yg4PBvaNeF #Fascism #USpol #Immigration #Agriculture #Idaho

"About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30 [saying] they are struggling to continue their jobs and earn a living"
"They called for income security at the same level as those in the US and Europe"
" “In addition to surging material prices, we are facing the problem of having no successors.” "
asahi.com/ajw/articles/1569081
🔸Meanwhile politicians scuffling for the best deckchairs on the Titanic...
#Japan #agriculture #protest

The Asahi ShimbunFarmers march in downtown Tokyo, demand income security | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and AnalysisAbout 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding government measures for income security in the agriculture sector, the organizer said.

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The bee population die off that has stricken the United States agricultural sector is a four alarm fire.

They don’t have a solid idea why this is happening, but this die off is occurring in parallel to the mass die off of insect populations all over the world and the unraveling of the food web.

youtube.com/watch?v=4f56HW7hXm

En Tunisie, la start-up Bioheat créée en 2022 transforme les grignons d'olives (peaux, pulpe et fragments de noyaux) en briquettes de chauffage, une alternative écologique au bois et une source énergétique vitale dans un pays fortement dépendant de ses importations de gaz et pétrole.#Afrique #Tunisie #Agriculture
Tunisie : en alternative au bois, une start-up transforme les grignons d'olives en énergie
France 24 · Tunisie : en alternative au bois, une start-up transforme les grignons d'olives en énergie

NPArevolutionnaires📢 La pénurie américaine d’œufs menace de s’étendre: Le mois dernier, le pays a produit 720 millions d’œufs de poule de moins qu’en février 2024, soit une baisse de 10 %. Les prix, ont connu un pic à 7,56 euros la douzaine, voire 14 euros dans certains endroits (en France, les prix varient entre 2 et 4 euros). L’épidémie de grippe aviaire n’en […] npa-revolutionnaires.org/la-pe 📢NPA-R #PénurieDoeufs #GrippeAviaire #PrixDesAliments #Agriculture #Consommation

NPA RévolutionnairesLa pénurie américaine d’œufs menace de s’étendre - NPA RévolutionnairesLe mois dernier, le pays a produit 720 millions d'œufs de poule de moins qu'en février 2024, soit une baisse de 10 %. Les prix, ont connu un pic à 7,56 euros la douzaine, voire 14 euros dans certains endroits (en France, les prix varient entre 2 et 4 euros).…

alojapan.com/1232605/hokkaido- Hokkaido reports Japan’s first bird flu case of the season #agriculture #animals #BirdFlu #birds #health #Hokkaido #HokkaidoTopics #北海道 Sapporo – The season’s first case of the highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in the town of Atsuma, Hokkaido, the prefectural government said Thursday. The report is the country’s earliest confirmed bird flu case at a domestic poultry farm in over two decades. The prefectural…