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The News Desk

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.

731 stories on file.

Agriland · 17:15 · News

Fianna Fáil backbenchers call for fodder committee to reconvene

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National Hog Farmer · 17:12 · News

Levesque named first Wahlstrom Endowed Chair in Swine Production

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The Guardian · 16:57 · Weather

As heatwaves hit Britain, spare a thought for farm animals | Letters

<p><strong>Claire Bass</strong> says animal welfare is a blind spot for the government. Plus, <strong>Chris Phillipson</strong> on the libraries operating as ‘cool spaces’, <strong>Mick Beeby </strong>on lido restoration, and<strong> Dr Julian McDonough</strong> on NHS pressures</p><p>Your article r

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Procurement Magazine · 15:36 · Crops

Heineken UK Partners to Expand Regenerative Barley Sourcing

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Phys.org · 12:00 · Innovation

How barramundi research gives breeders more control

Barramundi farmers will soon be able to improve stock genetics by placing more emphasis on the sex of their breeding fish. University of Queensland Ph.D. candidate Jessica Hintzsche has produced the most detailed genetic map ever created for barramundi, showing how traits can be passed between gener

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Successful Farming · 11:29 · News

3 Big Things Today, August 11, 2026

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Farms.com · 10:50 · Crops

Stretching Forage Supplies with Agriculture Byproducts and Crop Residues

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National Farmers Union, Scotland · 10:23 · Markets

Championing the Importance of LFA

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La Via Campesina · 05:39 · News

Under the Mango Tree: Youth Solidarity and the Seeds of Peasant Agroecology in Kenya

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Irish Independent · 05:29 · Livestock

Ciaran Mullooly to hold public meeting over Brittany Ferries’ decision to end livestock transport from Ireland to France

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Irish Independent · 05:10 · Policy

Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon launches push to defend Irish beef in Britain

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WPSD Local 6 · 23:58 · Policy

Kentucky ag leaders advocate for new Farm Bill

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AgriLife Today · 23:43 · News

AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agents earn awards

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Phys.org · 21:40 · Innovation

Common carp relatives blunt koi herpesvirus infections, offering clues to outbreak control

Common carp are among the world's most widely farmed freshwater fish, providing food and livelihoods for millions of people. But across fish farms and freshwater ecosystems, they face a formidable threat: a highly contagious virus capable of causing devastating outbreaks and wiping out entire popula

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Farm Progress · 19:53 · Policy

Corn quality holds steady while soybeans slip in USDA report

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Civil Eats · 19:23 · Policy

2026 Farm Bill Fails to Advance Out of Senate Agriculture Committee

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cimmyt.org · 19:14 · Markets

Science Partnerships for Prosperity: How CIMMYTs Science-Market-Led Collaboration is Transforming Nepal's Maize Economy

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Agriland · 17:45 · Livestock

Questions mount for DAERA over TB tests and firearms in Tyrone 51-cattle cull

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Phys.org · 17:40 · Crops

Forage crop gets growth boost from recently discovered beneficial bacterial species

From project to product—such success stories are rare in basic agricultural research. In this case, researchers at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) in Braunschweig discovered a new species of nodule-forming bacteria at the roots of sainfoin, which gives the forage crop a growth boost by supplying it

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Capital Press · 17:02 · Crops

U.S. Wheat chairman warns of zero farm profitability

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Farming Life · 16:37 · Weather

Opposition grows to prevent Alliance Party holding agriculture portfolio at Stormont

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The Guardian · 16:32 · Weather

Three-quarters of England in drought as summer’s fifth heatwave looms

<p>Four more regions given drought status, putting 27 million people under restrictions on water use</p><p>Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought, as much of Europe braces for its fifth climate crisis-driven heatwave this summer.</p><p>Four more regions of England have officially been de

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Phys.org · 14:20 · Weather

Corn-stalk sugars feed new bacterial strain designed to make useful chemicals

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. While the new multiple-sugar-consuming strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida is interesting in its own right, a new paper published in Nature Communication

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The Guardian · 14:00 · News

It’s very challenging’: how the Duke of Westminster’s farm is taking on the climate crisis

<p>Amid world pressure from heatwaves and fertiliser shortages, billionaire’s business has invested in circular farming and biomethane</p><p>There is a distinctive smell of cow manure in the air at the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/apr/25/duke-of-westminster-hugh-grosvenor-profile">

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Teagasc | Agriculture and Food Development Authority · 11:32 · Policy

Ministers Heydon and Grealish launch major new Teagasc-led European dairy-beef innovation project

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Successful Farming · 11:00 · Markets

After Years of Oversupply, the Combine Market is Tightening

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gov.wales · 10:22 · Weather

Support available for farmers as dry weather continues

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African Farming · 10:00 · Markets

Expert advice: Understanding livestock markets to sell smarter

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Nebraska Today · 05:31 · Innovation

Ties between Canadian startup, Nebraska U lead to new tech facility in Seward

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The Guardian · 05:00 · News

Country diary 1976: As a lone tree burns, the landscape loses another memory

<p><strong>10 August 1976</strong>: The fire roared skywards and after three centuries, the tree was enduring its final experience</p><p>SUSSEX: The sweet chestnut tree stood alone at the centre of the field, the one visual break in the sweep of cut corn. Its gnarled trunk, more than 25ft round, rec

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