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Ottawa to send MP with Sask. Premier Scott Moe on China trade trip
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 4, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will have some company when he travels to China this weekend as Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his parliamentary secretary will join the trade delegation. Kody Blois, MP for Kings-Hants, Nova Scotia, will spend...
Minnesota’s Finstad hosts Trade Undersecretary at farmer roundtable
Brownfield Ag News
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News Minnesota’s Finstad hosts Trade Undersecretary at farmer roundtable September 4, 2025 By Mark Dorenkamp Filed Under: Ag Policy, Minnesota, News, USDA Farmers and farm groups met with USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural...
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif meets Chinese Premier, both agree to work on CPEC 2.0
India Today
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September 4, 2025
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing and the two sides reaffirmed their resolve to further strengthen their iron-clad, all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. During the meeting, the two...
A Golden Opportunity: Florida Farmers Urged To Go Organic As Demand Outpaces Supply
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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September 4, 2025
Amidst a national shortfall in organic farmland, University of Florida experts highlight the potential for South Florida growers to meet rising consumer demand and boost the state’s agricultural economy. A significant gap exists between what...
Ghee-ST reforms big on celebrations, big on India's dairy battle
India Today
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September 4, 2025
The Hindi expression "ghee ke diye jalana" is used to signify the celebration of happiness. That the government has reduced the GST on ghee from 12% to 5% is beyond symbolic. This not only signifies the overall relief to Indian households on dairy...
Trump Signs Order To Lower US Tariffs On Japan Autos To 15%
International Business Times
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September 4, 2025
US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday to lower tariffs on Japanese autos, as Washington moves to implement its trade pact negotiated with Tokyo. Japanese autos will face a 15-percent tariff instead of the current 27.5 percent, while...
Rain blurs line between India and Pakistan, border disappears
The Express Tribune
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September 3, 2025
Torrential monsoon rains and subsequent flooding have inflicted serious damage on India’s border fence along the Pakistan frontier, officials and local residents on both sides report. Initial assessments suggest that approximately 110 kilometres...
It's earlier than you think. When fall colors could peak in Indiana
Indianapolis Star - Indiana
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Large swaths of the Midwest are expected to have vibrant fall leaves in 2025, according to an early forecast by AccuWeather. Indiana might have "typical" fall colors, a map by AccuWeather suggests, but pockets of the Hoosier State could see...
Wike flags off distribution of 550 metric tonnes of subsidised fertilizers to Abuja farmers
Daily Post
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September 4, 2025
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has launched the distribution of 550 metric tonnes of assorted fertilisers at 50 per cent subsidised rates to farmers across the six area councils of the territory. Speaking during the...
Veterans, Military Spouses Cultivate a New Mission on the Farm: ‘This is the place that relaxes me’
Good News Network
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September 4, 2025
Tractor training at The Veteran Farmer’s Program – credit, supplied by Pamela Hess, A Virginia farm is welcoming newly-retired military to come learn how to farm as a way of providing a fulfilling path back into civilian life. The Arcadia Center...
Pakistan, China ink $4.2bn MoUs as PM Shehbaz launches “CPEC 2.0” in Beijing
Profit by Pakistan Today
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September 4, 2025
Pakistan and China took a major step to expand economic cooperation on Thursday as Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif announced the formal launch of “CPEC 2.0,” with business firms from both sides signing 21 memorandums of understanding (MoUs)...
Will EU Vote To Expand To South America?
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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September 4, 2025
- Advertisement - EU countries will soon vote on a big trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The deal has been negotiated for more than 25 years and would create the world’s largest...
This Latin American Country Is One Of The Fastest Growing Destinations In The World
Travel Off Path
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September 4, 2025
Widespread gang activity, record levels of violent crime, and institutionalized corruption: that’s how mainstream media would’ve summed up the tiny Central American nation of El Salvador just five years ago. It’s no wonder tourists steered clear...
Lower tax on farm inputs to boost incomes, crop yield
Financial Express
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The abolition or reduction of GST on range of items including fertilisers, agro-chemicals, farm machinery, food processing equipments, drip irrigation systems, sprinklers, specified bio-pesticides and micro nutrients will ease farm input costs,...
US-India relationship is one of the most consequential in the world: Piyush Goyal
CNBC-TV18
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September 4, 2025
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal hailed the government’s latest GST reforms as “the most transformative step India has seen in the last 50–60 years,” crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking a “bold decision” that will...
Experts call for expansion of organic farming to meet rising demand
UF/IFAS
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September 4, 2025
(L-R) Xiaoying Li, • Marc Ellenby of LNB Grovestand, • Peter Fedele of Lion Farms Organic Gourmet Mushrooms, Margie Pikarsky of Bee Haven Farm, Colleen Swingle of Regenerative Paradise Farms. Photo by Yomi Reyes. Consumer demand for organic fresh...
Christmas Tree Festival to expand & move to Agri-food Hub
Lethbridge News Now
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September 4, 2025
“For us at Stringam, the Christmas Tree Festival feels like home,” says Humphrey. “It’s a chance for our community to gather, share in the joy of the season, and support the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation’s work that impacts so many lives....
Markets rally ahead of NFP and Miran testifies– Market wrap for the North American session - September 4
OANDA Market Pulse
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The late Thursday session still has a couple of items left for JPY traders, with Japan’s Labor Cash Earnings (19:30 ET) closing out the day. Friday, however, is where markets’ attention is fully centered. The European session opens with German...
Regenerating the soil of America’s heartland
National Geographic
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But Johnson wanted to do more. Since she moved back, Johnson has been working with Sarah Carlson, senior programs and member engagement director of Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI), to revolutionize the way her family farms. PFI is a farmer-led...
Fourth Hawke’s Bay farm in five months sold to overseas buyers for forestry
The New Zealand Herald
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September 4, 2025
Kauri Forestry LP is owned by a family company based in Switzerland and Germany. It plans to convert both farms into a forest, with planting expected during 2026 and 2027, mainly in radiata pine. “Once matured, the crop of trees will be harvested...