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Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand’s government of “full-blown climate denial” after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of m…
Tariffs have caused a Chinese exit from the soybean market – and midwestern farmers are waiting on a solutionAt the Purfeerst farm in southern Minnesota, the soybean harvest just wrapped up for the season. The silver grain bins are full of about 100,00…
Shift raises food safety and welfare concerns as imports can bypass standards for domestic producersUkraine and Poland have overtaken other EU countries to become the UK’s biggest egg suppliers, sparking warnings that imports of eggs from caged hens ar…
Locals complain of a changed landscape, flooding, dust and disruption as rail project cuts through area of outstanding natural beautyUK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over devel…
Faroese firm Bakkafrost wants to ban campaigner Don Staniford from going within 15 metres of its fish farmsOne of Europe’s largest salmon farmers has been accused of attacking the civil rights of environmental campaigners by asking for sweeping restric…
Faroese firm Bakkafrost wants to ban campaigner Don Staniford from going within 15 metres of its fish farmsOne of Europe’s largest salmon farmers has been accused of attacking the civil rights of environmental campaigners by asking for sweeping restric…
Near-ideal conditions have led to high yields at some of the country’s best loved orchards and walled gardensThe nights may be drawing in and the days becoming chillier, but there is cheering news from some of the UK’s best loved orchards and walled ga…
Bloc urged to end ‘unethical double standard’ of allowing sale of products deemed too dangerous for EU farmsEuropean chemical corporations have issued plans to export increasing quantities of “toxic” pesticides deemed too dangerous to spray on EU farms…
Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a meat-rich dietA collaboration between African and American researchers and a community living in one of th…
Rainfall picked up in June and July in some areas but it may already be too lateSign up for The Crunch email newsletterIn a “normal” year, Bernie Free would start seeing green shoots in the paddocks of his dairy farm in early May. This year the germina…