Bird flu has been identified at a poultry farm in Akita prefecture in northern Japan. According to the prefectural administration, over 143,000 hens will be killed after avian flu was identified in 12 of 13 birds examined at the farm …
All birds at a poultry unit in the UK are scheduled to be culled after a “highly pathogenic” H5N1 strain of bird flu was identified. On Sunday, avian influenza H5N1 was discovered in a unit in Alcester, Warwickshire, according to …
The French government has ordered poultry keepers across the country to keep livestock indoors amid regional outbreaks of avian influenza or bird flu. “Since the beginning of August, 130 cases or outbreaks of avian influenza have been detected in wildlife …
UK Foreign Secretary Lizz Truss has threatened that the United Kingdom will sue France in the EU court in regards to recent escalations on fishing rights. “Otherwise we will use the dispute resolution mechanism in the EU deal to take …
Bolivian coca leaf growers marched to the country’s main coca market in La Paz after clashing with security authorities. Disputes between two coca groups have taken place in the Adepcoca Market. A government-loyal bunch and an opposing group argued about …
Hundreds of thousands of farmers have joined the rally in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday to pressure Narendra Modi’s government to repeal three new agricultural laws. Local police said that more than 500,000 farmers attended the protest in …
Brazil, the world’s largest exporter of coffee, sugar and orange juice, is experiencing a drought during their rainy season, which may impact this year’s crops. Soils are parched and river levels are low in the nation’s Center-South region, an area …
Conservationists, landowners, and rights groups have criticized a $55 million deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial aquaculture operation on 100 hectares of the Western Area Peninsula National Park, saying it is “a …
The European Union’s (EU) top court on Thursday upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides as they were linked to harming bees. According to the rules of the court, there were three active substances found on the pesticides — …
The UK has sent two Royal Navy boats to Jersey after France threatened to deploy a blockade of the island’s main port over a post-Brexit fishing row. The tensions started afterJersey, a self-governing British Crown dependency off the coast of …