BEIJING / CHICAGO (Reuters) – With nearly seven months to go, an ambitious target of $ 36.5 billion for Chinese imports of US agricultural products this year may not be out of reach, but it looks like a very big stretch. FILE PHOTO: Soybeans are harvested from a field at …
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Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay $ 3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, taking another step further to resolve one of the most divisive policies of the Robert Mugabe era. But the southern African nation does not have …
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A record number of people were killed last year for defending their land and environment, according to research highlighting the routine murder of activists opposing the extractive industries that are fueling the climate crisis and destroying nature. More than four defenders were killed each week in 2019, according to an …
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Agriculture officials in several US states issued warnings this week about unsolicited shipments of foreign seeds and advised people not to plant them. Residents in more than a dozen states recently reported that they received packages of seeds that they did not order and that apparently were mailed from China. …
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Frankfort, Kentucky – Agriculture officials in several states issued warnings Monday about unsolicited shipments of foreign seeds and advised people not to plant them. In Kentucky, the state department of agriculture was notified that several residents received unsolicited mail packages of seeds that appeared to have originated in China, Agriculture …
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