Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch? Doritos Lure Rogue Pig Back Home
Deputies in California have used Doritos to lure a pig “the size of a mini horse” back home.
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Lawyer: Missouri Farmer Was Leader of Organic Fraud Scheme
Three farmers who pleaded guilty Friday in a large-scale organic grain fraud scheme were lured into participation by a Missouri businessman who was its mastermind, a defense lawyer said.
Read moreImported Brown Bear Released in Pyrenees as Farmers Protest
French authorities have released a female bear from Slovenia in the Pyrenees in an effort to preserve the population of brown bears, despite protests from farmers worried about their sheep.
Read moreOhio Dairy Loses Fight Against Wisconsin Butter Law
The Seventh Circuit upheld a Wisconsin law that requires all butter sold in the state to be graded, rejecting an artisanal dairy maker’s claim that the government has no business setting flavor standards for butter.
Read moreFarmers Press Eighth Circuit to Clear Regulatory Hurdle
Small farmers still waiting on a years-old legislative promise lobbied the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday to dissolve a roadblock put in place by the Trump administration.
Read moreSwiss Reject Bids to Improve Food Quality, Protect Farmers
Swiss voters on Sunday roundly rejected two proposals aimed at protecting Swiss farmers and ensuring that food from both domestic and foreign producers is healthier, more environmentally sound and animal-friendly.
Read moreIndonesia Imposes Moratorium on New Palm Oil Plantations
Indonesia’s president has signed a moratorium on new palm oil development and ordered a review of existing plantations, an official said Thursday, in a blow to an industry blamed for environmental destruction and worker exploitation.
Read moreNY Court Backs Ban on State Inspectors Holding Office
Triggering dissents from two judges, New York’s highest court sided Tuesday with a state agency that changed its policy to bar inspectors from seeking or holding elected office.
Read moreSeventh Circuit Takes Up Fight Over Butter Grading
The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday in an artisanal butter maker’s challenge to a Wisconsin law that requires all butter sold in the state to be graded on taste.
Read moreClimate Change Could Create Hungrier Pests, Crop Loss
As the planet warms, insects will get hungrier and could wreak havoc on crops and strain the global food supply, a new study suggests.
Read moreBetter Farming Practices Could Reduce Global Warming
A new study from University of California, Berkeley, suggests that improving soil quality through better farming practices could slow global warming.
Read moreFederal Lawsuit Filed Over Missouri’s Definition of ‘Meat’
A company that sells plant-based meat products and a nonprofit that advocates for those culinary alternatives challenged a Missouri law Monday that restricts organizations like theirs from using the term “meat” to describe their products.
Read moreGermany Gives Aid to Drought-Hit Farmers After Poor Harvest
The German government said Wednesday it will compensate thousands of farmers whose harvests have suffered as a result of this year’s extreme drought, which many experts have linked to climate change.
Read moreItalian Wine Harvest Begins, Productive Year Forecast
The Italian wine grape harvest season has started with Pinot and Chardonnay grapes in the northern Lombardy’s Franciacorta region, with experts anticipating a better year after an especially weak 2017.
Read moreGermany Launches Earliest Grape Harvest Yet Amid Heat Wave
Germany’s grape harvest is officially underway on its earliest date yet after a scorching summer that has many other farmers groaning but — so far — is promising to be good for vintners.
Read moreGenetically Modified Foods
The Center for Food Safety accused Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue in a federal complaint Wednesday of failing to set standards for labeling genetically engineered food by the July 29 deadline.
Read moreAmazonian Plant Remains Show Early Agricultural Leanings
People in the southwest Amazon may have transitioned to cultivating crops like squash and beans far earlier than previously believed, a team of archaeologists in Brazil has found.
Read moreAg Dept to Send $12B to Farmers Hurt by Tariffs
The Agriculture Department is announcing a $12 billion “short-term” plan to help U.S. farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs.
Read moreVicious Cow
A man sued a Texas animal hospital and a grain wholesaler in Navarro County Court, claiming he was attacked by a vicious cow.
Read moreAfrica’s Iconic Baobab Trees Dying Off at Alarming Rate
Africa’s ancient baobab, with its distinctive swollen trunk and known as the “tree of life,” is under a new and mysterious threat, with some of the largest and oldest dying abruptly in recent years.
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