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“This Should Never Have Happened”: Scientists Horrified as World’s First Octopus Farm Sparks Ethical and Ecological Uproar
Sustainability Times
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July 4, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🐙 Octopus farming proposed by Nueva Pescanova raises ethical concerns due to the intelligence and sentience of these creatures. ⚖️ The killing method involving ice slurry has been criticized as inhumane, sparking global protests and...
Rural Farmer's Life Story Is Indisputable Proof America Is The Greatest Country On Earth
OutKick - Tennessee
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July 4, 2025
A simple wink. That's something I often think about when I think about my grandfather, Dwight Hookstead. A simple wink. A simple smile. A simple comment. A wisecrack. A larger-than-life human. Today is the 4th of July. It's America's birthday....
Prairie farmland still a bargain
SaskToday.ca
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Cropland costs have risen dramatically, but it’s still deeply discounted according to an investor. WESTERN PRODUCER — Western Canadian farmland is cheap when compared to Europe and the United States, says the director of an investment fund with...
China Focus: Xizang achieves self-sufficiency in eggs with world's highest layer farm
Xinhua News Agency
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LHASA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has achieved complete self-sufficiency in fresh egg production, as its largest modern layer farm commenced full operations in Shannan City on Friday. Located at 3,600 meters...
German government scraps electricity tax cuts for households
The Local - Germany
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July 3, 2025
The German government has announced it was postponing electricity tax cuts for households and small businesses citing budget constraints, meaning electricity bills will remain high for the foreseeable future. Reducing electricity costs, for both...
Belarusian Fertilizer Company Dodging EU Sanctions, Leaked Documents Show
OCCRP
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July 4, 2025
A Belarusian state fertilizer company under European Union sanctions has found a way around the export ban by leasing its production lines to intermediary firms that pose as manufacturers, according to an investigation by the Belarusian...
Farrans team starts £42m Golticlay wind farm
Construction Index
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July 4, 2025
Nordex turbines are to be used at Golitclay [Image: RWE]Power generator RWE is developing the 62.7 MW Golticlay onshore wind farm, near Lybster in Caithness. Golticlay wind farm will have 11 wind turbines, each standing 180 metres high to the...
Explore Sky High Farm’s Inaugural Art Biennial
Harper's Bazaar
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July 3, 2025
When visitors arrive at Sky High Farm’s inaugural art biennial in Germantown, New York—on view through October—they enter not only an exhibition but a living, breathing ecosystem of ideas. Titled TREES NEVER END AND HOUSES NEVER END, the biennial,...
From fertilizer to energy source of the future
chemeurope.com
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ammonia has been traditionally known for fertilizer production. In the future, it could also play a key role in the Energy Transition as an efficient source of hydrogen and a climate-friendly substitute for fossil fuels since it can be produced...
School closures to rail chaos: What happens when Germany is hit by extreme heat
The Local - Germany
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July 3, 2025
Germany has just been hit by a punishing, record-breaking heatwave that had a major impact on how the country functioned. With more extreme heat to come here's what we can expect in future. Temperatures soared across Germany this week, reaching...
German rivers run low and roads buckle as European heatwave spreads eastward
The Journal
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July 2, 2025
THE EUROPEAN HEATWAVE that has already scorched the western and southern parts of the continent began spreading eastwards today, bringing extreme weather warnings to Germany and causing motorways to buckle. There is some level of reprieve in sight...
Farm family of the Week | Meet the Ribbes of St. Joseph
The News Gazette - Illinois
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Email nominations to dhinton@news-gazette.com To subscribe, click here. Want to purchase today’s print edition? Here’s a map of single-copy locations. Sign up for our daily newsletter here Like many area farm families, Brad Ribbe’s family comes...
Call for entries: 2025 DLG Agri Influencer International Award
I News Cayman
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July 3, 2025
2 July, 2025 – Social media award honors outstanding communication about farming, including on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube – Award ceremony at Agritechnica on Friday, 14 November – New: Second and third place will be recognized – Deadline for...
Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms, German
Engineering News
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Name of the Project Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms. Location North of the island of Borkum, in the German North Sea. Project Owner/s European energy company Vattenfall. Project Description The Nordlicht wind cluster will have a net capacity of more...
Germany supports the “Food from Ukraine to Syria” initiative with additional 3 million euros
SANA
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July 2, 2025
Berlin, SANA-The German Foreign Ministry announced, on Wednesday, the provision of an additional financial support of three million euros for the “Food from Ukraine to Syria” initiative, with the aim of distributing grain to those in need inside...
On-farm hatching gains ground
Canadian Poultry
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July 3, 2025
With a major U.S. contract and growing research, this chick-first approach is poised to reshape broiler production. Due to the many benefits of on-farm hatching systems in broiler farming, adoption is spreading. These systems obviously avoid...
From Farm to Table: Cultivating Food Security and Health in St. Kitts and Nevis
Win Media SKN
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July 3, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – Amidst escalating food prices and persistent supply chain disruptions, the critical issue of food security takes centre stage. The twin-island Federation, like many small island developing states, faces...
"The first German onion sets were already available in calendar week 26"
Fresh Plaza
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July 3, 2025
The weather is playing right into the hands of early potato growers in the Palatinate region. "The first loose-skinned bagged produce from the Palatinate was already available on May 20. The crops under double foil have produced high yields and...
Germany agrees to joint gas extraction project with the Netherlands in Wadden Sea
Clean Energy Wire
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July 2, 2025
The German government has greenlit a project with the Netherlands to exploit natural gas resources in the North Sea. The agreement implements a proposal from the coalition treaty between the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social...
ABO Energy Wins Tariffs In German Wind Tender
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
EQS-News: ABO Energy GmbH & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Miscellaneous ABO Energy wins tariffs in German wind tender 03.07.2025 / 14:47 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ABO Energy wins tariffs in German...