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France's Macron pushes economic ties in Angola

Traversing three capital cities in hours, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday pursued his African tour aimed at renewing frayed ties.

France 24

Shifting govt stance complicated long-running Isahaya legal saga

A court battle that lasted for a little more than two decades over whether to open floodgates built as part of a state land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay was effectively brought to an end by the latest Supreme Court ruling.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

In dry West, farmers balk at idling land to save water

With drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River leading to increasingly dire conditions in the West, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is looking at fallowing as a way to cut water use

The Independent UK

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Massive farmers protest disrupts Brussels traffic

Hundreds of tractors driven by angry farmers protesting a plan to cut nitrate converged on Brussels on Friday

The Independent UK

Norway's leader meets Indigenous Sami as protests end

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has met with Indigenous Sami reindeer herders after more than a week of protests against wind farms that activists say endanger their way of life, and has acknowledged that there are “ongoing human rights violations.”

The Independent UK

Big rise in Welsh lamb and beef exports

New figures from Hybu Cig Cymru show strong demand and growth potential in the Middle East

Birmingham Post

Australia to phase out live sheep export amid opposition from peak farmers body

Consultation begins on timeframe as National Farmers’ Federation says ‘wiping out an entire industry is not the answer’

The Guardian - AU

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WA industry to consider 'legal avenues' if federal government's live sheep export ban goes ahead

Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says it is up to sheep producers to decide if they want to fight the government through legal avenues, or work with it to put an end to live sheep exports.

ABC News

Meat processing industry says quarantine facility good short-term solution for housing workers

The Wellcamp quarantine facility cost taxpayers more than $220 million but will no longer be used by the state government. The agricultural industry says it has potential as a short-term fix to workers' housing woes.

ABC News

'We've got everything': Newcastle show is on this weekend

Organisers say the weekend will be a family event full of fun and education.

Newcastle Herald

Aussie live sheep export trade on the chopping block

The Labor government is pushing ahead with its election promise to phase out the live sheep export trade by setting up a panel to work out how to proceed.

The New Daily

Sheep exporters 'disgusted' by push to ban live trade

Farmers WA says the federal government should review its promise to ban live sheep exports by sea, branding it a "dumb" commitment that will impact 3000 people.

AAP

Country singer James Blundell in tune with hemp's $10 million-a-year potential for farmers

Performer and farmer James Blundell says "covert" youthful attempts to grow his own have turned into an enthusiasm to produce hemp on a grand scale — and he's not alone.

ABC News

Govt fixes wheat procurement target at 34.15 million tones for 2023-24

NEW DELHI: The government has fixed a wheat procurement target of 34.15 million tonnes for the 2023-24 marketing year starting April, higher than 18.79 million tonnes purchased in the previous year.

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Former RSPCA boss to advise government on when, how to end $85 million live sheep trade

A former animal rights campaigner, retired Labor MP and a Western Australian farmer will advise the federal government about how to shut down the export of live sheep, as farmers appeal the ban.

Radio France Internationale

Tropical deforestation significantly reduces rainfall, study finds

New research published Wednesday shows that large-scale deforestation – from the Amazon to the forests of Africa and Southeast Asia – threatens reductions in rainfall across the tropics.

The National (Scotland)

Council investigating after perplexing viral clip of man blowtorching raw chicken

A viral video of chicken being blowtorching in a back lane has prompted a council investigation.

Evening Standard

Gardener’s notebook: win friends with (homegrown) salad during fruit and veg supply crisis

Less choice on the shelves at the supermarket? Here’s where to start with growing your own vegetables

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Reuters

Spain to extend seasonal migrant workers programme to Senegal

Spain is extending a so-called circular migration programme to its first sub-Saharan African country, bringing in at least 100 people from Senegal to work on its farms during the harvest season, a government source said.

The Independent UK

5 tips for growing your own tomatoes, according to a gardening expert

Food shortage in the UK has led supermarkets to ration supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables. But it’s easier than you think to grow your own supplies at home

Al Jazeera

North Korea’s Kim says ‘nothing impossible’ amid agriculture push

North Korean leader stresses need to build ‘rich and highly-civilised’ communities amid reported food shortages.

Daily Mirror

Bird flu has mutated to infect people say scientists after 11-year-old girl dies

A scientist has warned that a new strain of bird flu which appears to have evolved to infect humans must be treated with 'utmost importance' after an 11-year-old girl died from the virus

ABC News

Jackie Jarvis accepts federal live sheep export ban but industry says fight not over

WA's agriculture minister says despite her efforts, the federal government will continue with its plans to shut the sheep live export trade.

ABC News

Australia's largest Kensington Pride mango grower diversifying into new avocado varieties

Three new avocado varieties have landed on Australian shores in a bid to provide consumers with more options.

The Guardian - UK

Scientists prove clear link between deforestation and local drop in rainfall

Study adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfall

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