Soaring egg prices have US consumers squawking
Washington (AFP) - A resurgence of avian flu, which first struck the United States in 2022, is hitting chicken farms ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Despite Trump, Mexico avocado farmers see no end of Super Bowl demand
Uruapan (Mexico) (AFP) - Despite Donald Trump's tariff threats, Mexican farmers working flat out to meet Super Bowl fans' appetite ...
In the English countryside, a pylon war looms
Witham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Standing by his winter wheat field on a plot of land where tall electricity pylons ...
Benin seeks home-grown cotton ‘revolution’
Cotonou (AFP) - Mathias Azonnoudo, a 50-year-old farmer in Benin, was taking a break sitting on a large pile of ...
The global forces sending coffee prices skyward
Paris (AFP) - Climate change, political headwinds and diverging market dynamics around the world have pushed coffee prices to fresh ...
World food prices dip 2% in 2024: FAO
Paris (AFP) - World food commodity prices declined by 2. 1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the ...
Ecuadoran workers accuse ‘monster’ Japanese company of exploitation
Quito (AFP) - Ex-employees of a Japanese textile company in Ecuador told Tuesday of their dire living and working conditions, ...
‘Huge demand’: Portugal dreams of becoming medical cannabis hub
Serpa (Portugal) (AFP) - "We should be the new El Dorado of medical cannabis production," said agronomist Jose Martins as ...
The farm fires helping to fuel India’s deadly air
Jind (India) (AFP) - Blazing flames light the sky as Indian farmer Ali Sher burns his fields to clear them ...
Global wine output to hit lowest level since 1961
Paris (AFP) - Global wine production is set to fall again this year to its lowest level since 1961 due ...
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