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The French department of Isère has been hit by an epidemic of a new variant of bluetongue disease. The virus is carried by small midges and can cause mouth ulcers, difficulty breathing and fever in sheep and cattle. In serious cases, it can be fatal. Thirty-one animals have been infected, according to the French government, with local authorities suspecting around a further hundred cases. In Poliénas, sheep farmer Cédric Ruzzin has seen 55 of his 150 animals die. “These animals are affected. They've lost weight, they're drooling and swelling. I have animals with fevers of over 40,” Ruzzin said...
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Farmers in Romania are struggling to keep their cattle, following an ongoing drought making it hard for them to provide animals with feed. In the southern county of Olt, farmer Traian Gîrtan has sold some of his 30-strong livestock. Gîrtan told Euronews that feeding his cattle costs €1000 a month, up from previous years. "The feed is almost double what it was last year. And how is the price of livestock now? The price of livestock is 30 to 40 percent lower than a year ago” said Gîrtan. In order to keep his farm alive over winter, Gîrtan predicts he will sell half of his cattle. Representatives...
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Romanian farmers are struggling to work their land as drought grips their nation, creating worry around the quality of their soil both in the short term and in the coming years. In Olt, in the southwest of Romania, farmers say that given the condition of the soil, they can’t even prepare it for autumn crops. They also say they are facing significant financial losses due to damage inflicted on their crops by the drought. Farmers have requested substantial financial support from the Romanian Minister of Agriculture so that they can continue to tend the land. Some say this can even come in the fo...
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Europe has one of the most diverse seed industries in the world. In Germany, the Netherlands and France alone, hundreds of small breeders are creating new varieties of cereals, vegetables and legumes. Relying on decades of careful selection to improve desired traits like yield, disease resistance and flavour, they adapt seeds to local environments through methods like cross-breeding. This legion of plant breeders help maintain Europe’s biodiversity and ensure that our food supplies stay plentiful. But their work is under growing threat from the patent industry. Although it’s illegal to patent ...
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The EU Commissioners’ nomination process is now at midpoint, with more than half of the EU's 27 member states having announced candidates; attention has now turned to the allocation of portfolios. Determining these is not straightforward at this stage in the process, but particularities of the agriculture portfolio hint at a limited number of potential candidates. While not as influential as other economic portfolios, agriculture commands a significant share of the EU’s expenditure overseeing the bloc’s farming subsidies programme. Recent farmer protests affecting the European election campaig...
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Romania is suffering from the effects of one of the worst heat waves in the country’s history. In July, temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius and that extreme heat is still causing issues for many - not least farmers, especially those who grow sunflowers and corn. July’s heat wave destroyed the majority of many of these farmers’ crops - and now they say they are expecting losses of around 90%. "If in a good year, let's say, we made somewhere around 2500-3000 kg per hectare this year we hope to reach 1000 kilograms, although from what we can see here, we will certainly not reach that,” Dumit...
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“All of us here, we are ready to lose our lives," says Serbian farmer Zlatko Kokanović. The 48-year-old does not want a lithium mine in his backyard and he will do anything he can to stop it from opening. "They can shoot. That is the only way they can open the mine.” At stake is a lush farming valley in western Serbia that holds one of Europe's richest deposits of lithium, a precious metal that is used to make batteries for electric cars and is crucial for the global transition to green energy. Whether there should be a mine in the valley or not has become one of the most contentious issues in...
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Farmers in Sicily are anxious over the impact record-high temperatures could have on agriculture. Some fear they may need to sell their animals due to a shortage of fodder and water. The southern Italian island has been hit by an almost rainless year, coupled with extreme heat. The Sicilian Meteorological Service (SIAS) confirmed that for the entire month of June, temperatures were above average and often exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in many areas. As a result of the drought and severe water shortage, fodder production is down by 70 per cent according to Italy’s primary farmer’s association, Co...
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Police have clashed with protesters in France's western port city of La Rochelle, where demonstrations have been taking place against plans to construct plastic-coated artificial water reservoirs. Roughly 4,000 demonstrators took to the streets, but the peaceful marches turned to unrest with shop fronts smashed and vehicles set on fire. Officers attempted to break up the marches by constructing barricades, throwing tear gas canisters and discharging water cannons. At least six people were arrested. Controversial 'mega-basins'Protesters in La Rochelle are demonstrating against a project which w...
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Rice feeds nearly half the world’s population, but the way we grow it has left a surprisingly high methane footprint. Of the 42 per cent of global methane emissions that agriculture accounts for, eight per cent comes from rice cultivation, according to a report by the Global Climate and Health Alliance. Farmers produce rice by flooding their paddy fields, which creates anaerobic conditions where microorganisms emit methane \- a powerful greenhouse gas with 80 times the heating capacity of CO2 for the first 20 years after it is emitted. Methane’s potency in the short term makes it a significant...
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