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Every story we've carried.

Farming news from around the world, gathered automatically four times a day and always linked to the source. The latest week lives on the front page; everything settles here.

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DTN Progressive Farmer · 17:38 · News

Cash Rents Hold Firm as Farmers Face Tough Lease Decisions for 2027 Ground

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Phys.org · 15:40 · Innovation

US could exhaust domestic phosphorus within 40 years, but waste offers reserves

The United States could exhaust its domestic phosphorus supply within 40 years. Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia already depend on imports from China and Morocco to meet their needs. Without phosphorus, crops cannot grow—and without a reliable supply of the mineral, the world's food supply i

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The Guardian · 14:40 · Livestock

Milk, wine, salad: how your food will be affected by the summer of heat

<p>There are parched fields, overheating sheep and potentially the worst cereal harvest since detailed records began – but it’s a good year for cider apples</p><p>As parts of the UK swelter through a fifth successive climate crisis-driven heatwave and nearly three-quarters of England remains in drou

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Phys.org · 12:30 · Innovation

Pacific farmers are reviving traditional knowledge to tackle a changing climate

For thousands of years, farmers in the Pacific have lived in harmony with their environment. But rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and tired soils are testing even the most experienced hands.

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Farmers Weekly · 11:53 · News

Dutch farmers rally against nitrogen permit clampdown

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itv.com · 11:49 · Policy

Farmers’ union calls for Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir to resign amid row over shooting of cows | UTV | ITV News

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AgFunderNews · 10:00 · Innovation

Inside Nanovel’s bid to crack robotic citrus harvesting

In the US, says Isaac Mazor, “manual citrus harvesting costs around $42–43 per 900-lb field bin, versus $25-30 using our technology.” The post Inside Nanovel’s bid to crack robotic citrus harvesting appeared first on AgFunderNews .

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The Guardian · 06:00 · Weather

Tougher crops and beaver dams: how UK farmers are tackling drought

<p>Hit by heatwaves and low rainfall, food producers are finding novel solutions to help crops and cattle survive</p><p>Ponds and collection tanks, drought-resistant crops and a certain rodent. As the climate crisis brings more extreme weather to Britain, farmers are experimenting with new tactics t

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Africa Business Communities · 05:55 · News

Kakuzi creates digital agriculture department

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farmdoc daily · 03:45 · Policy

The Unfinished Farm Bill Remains Unfinished and Sends a Warning

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srpske.rs · 00:32 · Policy

Serbia's 2034 Agriculture Strategy: Subsidies, Ombudsman

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Farmers Weekly · 23:32 · News

FW Awards: Meet the 2026 Contractor of the Year finalists

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Farmers Weekly · 23:15 · Weather

Farmer Focus: Drought focuses minds on water resilience

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AgFunderNews · 21:05 · Livestock

Offbeast develops ‘world’s first’ beef-plant hybrid whole cuts

Offbeast has developed a manufacturing process designed to integrate into existing meat-processing lines, says CEO Insa Mohr. The post Offbeast develops ‘world’s first’ beef-plant hybrid whole cuts appeared first on AgFunderNews .

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Phys.org · 18:40 · Innovation

One in four cocoa farm audits contain data manipulated to meet sustainability targets, researchers find

ETH researchers have used a sustainability program for cocoa cultivation in Côte d'Ivoire to demonstrate that, in one in four cases, data was manipulated to meet the program's requirements. If the auditor were aware of the required target values, data manipulation increased significantly. Where thes

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The Guardian · 16:38 · Weather

An AI agent for all? Try using your brain, Mark Zuckerberg | Brief letters

<p>Meta AI | Future Guardian writers and Neets | Food for thought | Plants surviving the heat | Living and dying well</p><p>Your article (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/10/mark-zuckerberg-superintelligent-ai-essay-meta">Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Met

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AgFunderNews · 16:23 · Innovation

AgriFood Signals: Ranch tech startup Ranchbot nets $15m, Target hires chief AI officer, plant cell culture megadeal

Plus: Vertical farmer GoodLeaf Farms achieves profitability. The post AgriFood Signals: Ranch tech startup Ranchbot nets $15m, Target hires chief AI officer, plant cell culture megadeal appeared first on AgFunderNews .

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Yahoo Finance · 16:02 · Markets

Fertilizer prices to remain elevated through 2028, prolonging pressure on U.S. farm economy

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Phys.org · 13:40 · Innovation

Greater vegetable diversity needed for healthier diets and climate-resilient agriculture

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers show how a wider diversity of vegetables could help improve diets and strengthen agriculture against climate change. They use the term vegetable biodiversity to describe the full range of vegetable species, trad

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Phys.org · 13:20 · Livestock

Controlling wild pigs can work if it's a group effort

The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs—and it's considering spending even more in the coming years. The problem has grown for decades, but our research has found that a recently revived federal effort offers the potential for bringing the hogs under

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The Guardian · 12:00 · News

California bans paraquat, highly toxic herbicide outlawed in more than 70 countries

<p>State is US’s largest user of pesticide that is virtually proven to cause Parkinson’s disease</p><p>California is banning paraquat, a highly toxic, controversial herbicide used across millions of acres of American cropland.</p><p>Public health advocates characterize it as a deadly substance that

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African Farming · 11:00 · Markets

Farmers pay the price when the rule of law fails!

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The Guardian · 10:27 · News

How our food became so dependent on oil

<p>Global food prices have hit their highest level in over three years. We are told this is due to rising oil and energy costs, but how exactly do they affect prices? The most reported reason is that transport and fertiliser are to blame, but the reality is that the oil and gas industry is far more

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Lancaster Farming · 10:00 · Policy

USDA Seeks Increased Participation for 2027 Ag Census

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BBC · 05:15 · Livestock

Bluetongue outbreak: Okehampton Show bans cattle and sheep

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Jamaica Gleaner · 05:06 · Innovation

AI reshaping Brazilian agriculture

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The Guardian · 04:30 · Weather

Country diary: This is how bad the heatwave has got for us arable farmers – I’m going on holiday | Colin Chappell

<p><strong>Brigg, Lincolnshire:</strong> I should be busy, but the boom-bust climate has upset all my usual routines</p><p>By the time you read this, I will be away in the Scottish Borders – a British arable farmer on holiday in August? This is unheard of. I’ve never done it myself in 30 years of fa

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AgFunderNews · 04:30 · Innovation

Millow raises $2.3m, gears up for commercial launch of minimally processed alt meat

"The job now is disciplined commercial execution," says CEO Fredrik Öhrn. The post Millow raises $2.3m, gears up for commercial launch of minimally processed alt meat appeared first on AgFunderNews .

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The Guardian · 04:00 · News

Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem

<p>As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals</p><p>In 2022 Nueva Pescanova, Spain’s largest fisheries business, announced it was investing €65m (£56m) in the <a href="https://w

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Phys.org · 21:00 · Weather

A $10 soil test goes global with virtual reality training for farmers

Last year, we described Agrilo, an affordable "colorimetric" soil-testing system developed through research at MacEwan University. Using a smartphone camera to interpret color changes, Agrilo measures soil nutrients and can provide farmers with timely guidance to support fertilizer decisions.

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