| 单词 | agribusiness |
| 例句 | If where you stand is in agribusiness, processing cheap corn into forty-five different McDonald’s items is a great thing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They are dropouts from the industrial agribusiness food chain, trying to build a new one. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z What I discovered was a vast industry—a giant agriculture business or agribusiness. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Other large agribusiness corporations started paying attention to organic food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We don’t look, or we are kept from looking by agribusiness companies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Most farmers wear a trucker’s cap marked with the logo of an agribusiness giant. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Big agribusiness companies take in billions of dollars in profit. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Big agribusiness corporations, the same ones that need cheap corn for their mills, helped write the very laws that set farm policy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then there are farmers in India who have protested the sale of patented seeds by agribusiness. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In 1997 it proposed a very loose set of rules that gave agribusiness everything it wanted. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z You and I think of corn as corn, but farmers like Naylor know there are dozens of varieties, most created by large agribusiness companies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z On one side of the fight were the agribusiness corporations, which had just jumped onto the organic food bandwagon. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It is a way for agribusinesses to sell us more food than we need and so a way for them to make more money. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z To get the corn flowing and keep it flowing, agribusiness depends on government regulations and taxpayer money. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He spoke without regret about the compromises he’s made along the path from organic farmer to agribusiness executive. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Wilkes was referring to the ecological worries that beset modern agribusiness. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Before the 1970s, government policy was designed to support small farmers, not agribusiness. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The mill was one small part of what became a large family-run agribusiness. Perspective | In Rock Creek Park, history is good grist 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Not all agribusiness and commodity farmers are happy, either. How America’s Food System Could Change Under Biden 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Often, the land used for agribusiness is acquired without the consent of the indigenous communities. Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Drollinger himself derived a lot of his early funding from agribusiness kings, people who own large agribusiness conglomerates in Central Valley, California, and the San Joaquin Valley. Trump's Christian right worships power more than they worship God 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Tomato production has huge agribusiness potential in Tanzania. Tanzania’s tomato harvest goes to waste 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z But then, moments later, he’s quoting drought statistics from a podcast: “It’s corporations and agribusiness that’s the problem. That’s why I stopped eating almonds.” Review: In George Lopez’s Show, ‘Lopez,’ He Mostly Plays Himself 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Last spring, Senators Booker, Tester, Merkley and Warren introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium on large agribusiness mergers. Looking ahead: Top food and agriculture stories for 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z There are more pressing and scientifically validated worries about how GM crops have been deployed by agribusinesses, especially when it comes to excessive chemical use and biodiversity. Escalating U.S.-Mexico debate over corn forces questions about GMOs, food sovereignty 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z They also keep the heavily consolidated agribusiness sector highly profitable. Grocery supply chains: Understanding why eggs cost what they cost 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z In most cases, she adds, a local landowner uses violence to displace communities, forge land titles, and then post the land on the market for agribusinesses to swoop in. Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Filmed in Kentucky, this story of the Freemans, a rural family struggling to survive in the face of brutal pressure from agribusiness, is a Halloween nightmare. Review: In ‘Runoff,’ a Rural Family Hits Desperate Times 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z On one level “At Any Price” is a critical exploration of agribusiness and its cutthroat, hypercompetitive ways. Movie Review: ‘At Any Price,’ Directed by Ramin Bahrani 2013-04-23T22:09:27Z But "Farmageddon" also implies that this is because corporate agribusiness is using its friends in government to crush small producers. "Farmageddon": Government thugs vs. organic farmers 2011-07-08T21:10:00Z But as Mexico now moves towards nationalizing other key industries like oil and electricity, it has an opportunity to minimize the influence of U.S. agribusiness on its economy. Escalating U.S.-Mexico debate over corn forces questions about GMOs, food sovereignty 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Instead of the catechism, he followed the canon of modern agribusiness. Sustainable pork farming is real 2013-04-14T17:00:00Z Mr. Cowen praises agribusiness because the world’s billions must be fed. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z These changes are all welcome, but some have argued these departments need even more dramatic refocusing: promoting healthy food access and climate change-fighting local food networks rather than catering to agribusiness interests. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The expansion of agribusiness is propped up by foreign investors, including the U.S. Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Damon plays an agribusiness employee who tips off the FBI to a price-fixing scheme between his company and its competitors. What our writers love this week 2010-04-21T22:57:00Z People said peanut farmers, but this is an agribusiness basically in a small town in Georgia. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The full scope of the violence takes many forms, but agribusiness is a major driver. Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z It operates in more than 66 countries and is one of a “very small handful of agribusiness giants that collectively are shaping the increasingly globalized food system to their advantage.” 5 dangerous substances the food industry is pumping into your meat 2014-05-01T12:00:00Z But it was scrapped in favor of federal subsidies for the growing agribusiness sector that instead promised cheapness and abundance through corporatization of the food industry, which continues to this day. Grocery supply chains: Understanding why eggs cost what they cost 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z These new episodes put faces on tales of illegal immigration, the dark side of agribusiness, opiate addiction, abortion law and our lopsided justice system. Opiate for the masses: “American Crime” is better than ever and still hard to swallow 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Instead the whole history of English humankind and husbandry was on display, from the Holocene age to the latest horrors of agribusiness. William Boyd: rereading The Making of the English Landscape by WG Hoskins 2013-05-11T07:31:01Z Matt Osterman’s allegorical thriller, written by its star, Cleopatra Coleman, flirts with topicality on several fronts, commenting not only on drone strikes but also on agribusiness. Review: In ‘Hover,’ the Drone Tech Isn’t All There 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Then came agribusiness, then came Wal-Mart, then came the outsourcing of all of those manufacturing jobs, the war against the unions, all of those things. After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Perdue is a former grain trader with ties to large agribusiness interests. Looking for a Trump Doctrine in the White House Kitchen 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Until recently, it was only rising land prices that enabled many Australian agribusinesses to remain viable for long periods of poor terms of trade. Climate change threatens to cause "synchronized harvest failures" across the globe 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s the tale of a three-generation farming family in contemporary Iowa, presiding over thousands of acres in corn country — and facing the changes in agribusiness that affect their livelihood. ‘At Any Price’: a farm-family melodrama 2013-05-16T19:30:55Z The film approvingly contrasts Mr. Imhoof’s family tradition with the techniques of modern agribusiness in which bee colonies are trucked from place to place to pollinate enormous orchards. Movie Review: ‘More Than Honey,’ a Documentary by Markus Imhoof 2013-06-11T22:11:19Z She emphasizes supply chain changes, where food companies and agribusinesses coordinate on initiatives to create a market for crops grown according to a set of environmental standards. Perspective | Why your humble bowl of oatmeal could help feed a growing planet 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Much GMO skepticism is grounded in this justified mistrust of agribusiness. Escalating U.S.-Mexico debate over corn forces questions about GMOs, food sovereignty 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Small farmers couldn’t compete against highly subsidized U.S. agribusiness giants like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland. The great Mexican wall deception: Trump’s America already exists on the border 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Addressing high stakes — the degree to which agribusiness controls our food supply — in an extremely low key, Johnson uses one family’s plight to illustrate the predicament of an entire industry. ‘Percy vs Goliath’ Review: Growing Pains 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z It was his first glimpse of big agribusiness, and its wastefulness, up close. A Mexican American Artist Finds Heroes in Farmworkers 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Large-scale agribusiness and powerhouse farming organizations still hold great sway over agricultural policy, but “the degree to which big ag lines politicians’ pockets has reached the point where they can’t be ignored,” Mr. Massie said. When Will Food Issues Be on Politicians Plates? 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Barber, like the enterprising farmers he meets, is waging a series of small rear-guard actions against the massed armies of modern agribusiness. In ‘The Third Plate,’ Dan Barber Meets Food Pioneers 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “Agritourism” — visiting a working farm or other agribusiness to learn about or partake in day-to-day activities — is one of the fastest-growing markets in the travel industry. A Belize lodge blends agritourism with Caribbean delights 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Generally, we need to limit exploitation — to tax and even break up the agribusinesses responsible for ecocide and the increasingly global epidemic of chronic disease — and we need to enhance cooperation. Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already. 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, big agribusinesses strangle the region’s family farms, leaving behind a brackish residue of shame — the shame of being poor and white. She Grew Up Poor on a Kansas Farm. Her Memoir Is an Attempt to Understand Why. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Bristling with this kind of detail — and a relentless focus on the agribusiness billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, whose profits seem immune to drought — “Water & Power” unleashes a geyser of facts. Review: ‘Water & Power: A California Heist,’ With Citizens in the Crossfire 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Unlike most, however, he responded by moving to the heartland and making a film about a family farmer striving to build a modest agribusiness empire. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Ramin Bahrani Goes Big 2013-04-22T17:01:09Z It recorded the family's drive to be "locavores", pledged to eating locally sourced, seasonal food, to combat the ills of agribusiness and environmental profligacy in a "nation with an eating disorder". A life in writing: Barbara Kingsolver 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z We feel swept up in the promise and possibility of all that new technology, so much so that the turn from agriculture to agribusiness, though we know it’s coming, still delivers a crushing blow. A Sweeping History of What We Eat 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z NPR and PBS stations in each region will collaborate on covering key issues, including immigration, agribusiness and health care. PBS, NPR stations get $10M infusion for local news 2010-03-25T13:50:00Z The one who slings blunt terms like “evil” when he’s talking about modern corporate agribusiness? How America’s most famous farmer can appeal to left, right and center 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Jonathan Lethem has seen the future of agribusiness, and that future is strange. Books of The Times: That Perfect Florida Tomato, Cultivated for Bland Uniformity 2011-07-05T21:04:11Z He believes his approach to agriculture — not the antibiotic-heavy confinement operations favored by agribusiness — is what will feed the future. Sustainable pork farming is real 2013-04-14T17:00:00Z Take Your Time, Crime Will Wait Slow Food, a movement that began in Italy in the 1980s as a protest against agribusiness and fast food, promotes organic farming and regional cooking. | 'Memphis Beat': On TNT, Jason Lee Plays a Cop With an Eye on Elvis 2010-06-21T22:32:00Z The King called in his country’s agribusiness billionaires, including the al-Rajhi brothers and a number of royal princes. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z The first, and most significant, is the announcement of Neil Young's new album "The Monsanto Years," with lyrics themed around the controversial agribusiness giant. Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard pass joint in new video; Nelson's sons, Neil Young to collaborate 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Traditionally the centerpiece of any Iowa farm, these solitary structures always remind me of the labor-filled lives rural families led before agribusiness was even a concept. Journeys: In Iowa, Working to Save Historic Barns 2012-06-01T19:11:06Z Banks and insurers are among Europe’s biggest contributors to global warming, by financing or insuring new oil and gas projects, or agribusinesses that chop down tropical rainforests. Finance may be junked from EU climate law, leaked memo shows. Critics say it could be unenforceable 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z "My son wants to make his fortune in agribusiness and become one of Tanzania's most successful farmers," his father says proudly. A family's desperate search for missing Tanzanian student in Israel 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z A common slogan in California agribusiness and among politicians who support it is that water flowing through the delta that could be siphoned off for crops is instead “flushed out to sea.” Editorial: Should L.A. care about salt in New Orleans' tap water? Yes. Here's why 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Deputy finance minister Gabriel Yorio said in a post on X the incentives would apply to 10 sectors of the economy, including the manufacture of batteries, engines, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, medical instruments and agribusiness. Mexico pitches tax breaks to lure foreign investment, infrastructure doubts persist 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Tulare Lake, an ancient inland sea drained a century ago in the service of agribusiness, had reemerged with a vengeance in the valley’s lowlands, swallowing vast acres of farmland. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Brazil's right wing, agribusiness sector, and industries such as logging, mining, and farming with business interests in Indigenous lands, including the Amazon, have supported the effort. Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds Indigenous rights to reclaim land 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Other sectors in Albwardy's portfolio are industrial and engineering, commercial and insurance, agribusiness and properties. Supermarket franchisee Spinneys Dubai plans IPO in 2024 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Growing tensions from agribusiness, mining, and logging have led to consistent lethal attacks in Latin America. In 2022, a land defender was killed every two days 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z This region is a stronghold of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who favored agribusiness over forest preservation and lost the reelection last year. In the battle against Amazon deforestation, Brazil offers cash rewards to municipalities 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z But she is not certain he would be willing to antagonize the farm and agribusiness sectors, whose food exports are the driving force of Brazil's economy. Brazil Senate agriculture committee passes bill to limit Indigenous lands 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of unknowns right now,” said Michael Boland, a University of Minnesota professor and agribusiness expert. Grocery prices may fall next year, ushering relief for consumers 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The funds supported foreign trade and key agribusiness and IT sectors. World Bank's IFC considers $1.5 bln in investments in Ukraine banking, farming and infrastructure 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Growing tensions from agribusiness, mining, and logging have led to consistent lethal attacks in the region. In 2022, a land defender was killed every two days 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The agribusiness partnered with a unit of Chevron to buy a seed company with potential to make renewable fuel. MP Materials, Wolfspeed rise; Amneal, Knight-Swift fall, Wednesday, 7/5/2023 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Ireland’s influential agribusiness lobbies are economically and culturally suspicious of suggestions that farmland should be allowed to revert to what they traditionally derided as “scrub.” Call of the Rewild: Restoring Ecological Health to the Emerald Isle 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Commodity agriculture was largely responsible for deforestation in Bolivia, experts said, as the government supports agribusiness expansion. Tropical forest losses rise in 2022 despite pledge to end them 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The IFC will keep its focus on the agribusiness sector, plans to support the banking sector and is eying more long-term projects in infrastructure, he said. World Bank's IFC considers $1.5 bln in investments in Ukraine banking, farming and infrastructure 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Alcides Torres, owner of agribusiness consultancy Scot Consultoria, said local cattle breeds can withstand the low temperatures of the country's winter, which started today. Brazil cattle die as cold temperatures batters large beef state 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z These measures are also a response to recent limitations Congress placed on Silva, the environment minister, particularly influenced by the so-called beef caucus representing agribusiness interests. Brazil’s Lula lays out plan to halt Amazon deforestation, make country “global reference” on climate 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Currently there are no major outbreaks, but agribusiness lender Rabobank warned in April that the possible spread of the disease, especially in China, remained among the top risks to the global pork industry. World's first vaccine against deadly swine fever nears approval in Vietnam 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Once again, the Court ignores science and law while doing the bidding of agribusiness and corporate polluters. “War on the environment”: Samuel Alito just issued a radical rewrite of the Clean Water Act 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Reiterating the IFC's commitment to supporting Ukraine's private sector as the country plans for the post-war reconstruction, Mora said the biggest potential for private investors was in energy, transport and also agribusiness. World Bank's IFC considers $1.5 bln in investments in Ukraine banking, farming and infrastructure 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill has agreed to sell its poultry business in China to private equity firm DCP Capital, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Credit Suisse bankers leaving by the hundreds every week - sources 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “The agribusiness group is a well-organized political group that defends interests in Congress, with many affiliated lawmakers,” Creomar de Souza, political analyst and CEO at Dharma Politics consultancy, told The Associated Press. Brazil’s Lula lays out plan to halt Amazon deforestation, make country “global reference” on climate 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill has agreed to sell its poultry business in China to private equity firm DCP Capital, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Carrots and sticks: Venezuela's new oil chief targets graft, courts workers 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z At the same time, steep prices for animal feed crops such as soybeans - one of Brazil's top exports - are no longer enough to boost balance sheets at agribusiness companies face weaker Chinese demand. Brazil stocks to keep drifting higher on mixed company results - Reuters poll 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The far-right leader filled key positions in environmental agencies with agribusiness allies and military officers. Brazil’s Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula’s green ambitions 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Environmental groups have opposed the project for decades, arguing it would be too expensive and hurt wetlands to help agribusiness. Federal officials unveil flood plan for Mississippi Delta 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro stole the show on Monday at Brazil's largest agribusiness fair where he was acclaimed by supporters from the country's strong farm sector. US Senate Republican urges Biden, McCarthy to meet on debt ceiling: 'Time is a-wastin' 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro stole the show on Monday at Brazil's largest agribusiness fair where he was acclaimed by supporters from the country's strong farm sector. 'Eco-friendly' King Charles to reuse historic garments for coronation 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro stole the show on Monday at Brazil's largest agribusiness fair where he was acclaimed by supporters from the country's strong farm sector. Paraguayans see Pena as 'ideal' president to boost economy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro stole the show on Monday at Brazil's largest agribusiness fair where he was acclaimed by supporters from the country's strong farm sector. Opposition protest leader detained in Moldova 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Some of the movement’s more militant members have invaded active farms run by large agribusinesses, destroyed crops and even briefly occupied the family farm of a former Brazilian president. If You Don’t Use Your Land, These Marxists May Take It 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Already there are conflicts involving agribusiness and land-grabbers, he said, and drug traffickers have been moving in, too. Brazil’s Lula resumes recognition of Indigenous land areas 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Miller, a military intelligence officer-turned-Amazon employee-turned-economic development consultant, among many other things, convinced his classmates that Tulip Town was a key piece of local agribusiness infrastructure worth investing in, according to media accounts. Trouble in tulipville: Flower farm duel roils Skagit Valley bloomtown 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Glauber, now a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, isn’t convinced that consolidation in agribusiness is to blame for persistently high food prices. Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z In an email to supporters before the votes, the franchise association’s vice president for state and local government relations, Jeff Hanscom, credited the Arkansas agribusiness giant Tyson Foods for being “instrumental in negotiating this outcome.” Franchisers, Facing Challenges to Business Model, Punch Back 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The rift stoked criticism in Brazil, even among sectors that supported Bolsonaro, like agribusiness. Brazil’s Lula visits China, seeking ties and Ukraine support 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z “The people come to look for something to feed their children and their family,” said the native of Escuintla, an industrial city in Guatemala centered on sugar agribusiness. L.A. activists call for justice in condemning the deaths of 39 immigrants in Ciudad Juarez 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “Yet again, agribusinesses win while the environment gets less than its fair share of water.” California plans to capture floodwaters to recharge depleted groundwater 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Sure, he says, big agribusinesses can rake in profits when prices rise. Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Vale forecasts growth of just 1% this year, with industry sinking further and agribusiness almost wholly responsible for keeping overall GDP in positive territory. Brazil’s 4Q22 GDP contraction signals challenge for Lula 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Carter made the decision, without consulting Rosalynn, to move the young family back home, where the pair built the family farm operations into an impressive peanut agribusiness. Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before ’76 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Lisa Kaestner, regional manager for Ukraine at the IFC, said the lender was looking for projects in the transportation and communications sector, as well as agribusiness, as Ukrainians work to resurrect businesses disrupted by war. External backers pour billions into Ukraine to counter war damage 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z They cite a more investor-friendly jurisdiction and specialised U.S. money managers who are more appreciative of the agribusiness, which generates most of its sales in the Americas. Bayer's new CEO has a full in-tray as investors push for change 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z They deem conservation units and Indigenous territories as barriers that undermine agribusiness. Brazil authorities probe Amazon ties to capital attacks 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Under Bolsonaro, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon reached a 15-year high as he dismantled environmental protection policies in favor of agribusiness expansion. Germany pledges $222 million for Brazil environment, Amazon 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Babis, 68, is one of the wealthiest Czechs, owning an empire that spans from agribusiness and chemicals to media. Retired Gen. Pavel defeats billionaire Babis in Czech election 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Bolsonaro, who pledged not to demarcate any Indigenous land, removed environmental protections and encouraged agribusiness development that led to both murders of Indigenous land defenders and high deforestation rates. The best way to save forests? Legally recognize Indigenous lands 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z To carry out these goals, Lula is appointing well-known environmentalists and Indigenous people to key positions at Funai and other agencies that Bolsonaro had filled with allies of agribusiness and military officers. Brazil’s new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z In addition to these challenges, Lula will face fierce opposition in Congress from politicians friendly to agribusiness and mining interests. Brazil’s new president faces "scorched earth scenario" left behind by Bolsonaro 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Authorities have said they are investigating financial links to Brazil’s agribusiness interests, whom Bolsonaro championed while in office and who they say helped pay for the buses. Brazil’s military blocked arrests of Bolsonaro rioters, officials say 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The list included a small agribusiness union and a small timber company, also from the south. Brazilian authorities target riot financiers’ assets to pay for damage 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Santa Cruz plays an outsized role in Bolivia’s economy, making up around one-third of its economic activity while 70% of the country’s food comes out of the eastern region that is the center of agribusiness. Bolivia: Opposition blockades push for leader’s release 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Some supporters with ties to agribusiness have been accused of providing financial and logistical assistance to rioters who earlier this month stormed Brazil’s presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court. Brazil’s new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Without identifying individuals, he said they are members of the agribusiness sector, local business owners and people registered to own firearms. Brazil authorities brace for possible repeat of uprising 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z They note that a man arrested on Christmas Eve in connection to a bombing attempt in the capital came from Pará state in the Amazon region — a part of the country where illegal agribusiness thrives. Brazil’s military blocked arrests of Bolsonaro rioters, officials say 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z “These people were there today, the agribusiness,” he said. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z But that official and another who spoke on the same terms said “some” of the financiers were involved in Brazilian agribusiness. Brazilian officials knew of protest, thought they could contain it 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z A former rubber-tapper from Acre state, Silva resigned after clashing with government and agribusiness leaders over environmental policies she deemed to be too lenient. Brazil’s new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Imposing the Water Authority’s policy means agribusinesses that drive the region’s economy would have to consume less water - perhaps as much as 30% less in some areas. Warning about aquifer’s decline sets up big fight in Kansas 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “Those who were involved in the coup d’etat were especially those involved in agribusiness outside the law,” Dino, the justice minister, told The Post. Brazil’s military blocked arrests of Bolsonaro rioters, officials say 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Imposing the Water Authority’s policy means agribusinesses that drive the region’s economy would have to consume less water — perhaps as much as 30% less in some areas. Warning about aquifer’s decline sets up big fight in Kansas 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Leaders in Santa Cruz, the country’s wealthy agribusiness center that is widely considered to be Bolivia’s economic engine, have called for a blockade to prevent goods from reaching the rest of the country. Bolivia: Spanish, Chilean lawmakers meddled in local affairs 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The split between Lula and Marina in his last administration came as the president was increasingly kowtowing to agribusiness, encouraged by voracious demand for soy from China. Brazil’s Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z It was also an indicator of the strength of agribusiness and the cultural changes in recent years across rural Brazil. Brazil’s Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z One is a small rural agribusiness union in Castro in Paraná state. Brazil’s military blocked arrests of Bolsonaro rioters, officials say 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Johnston leads regulatory and sustainability programmes for agribusiness firm Nuseed at its research centre near Sacramento, California. The New Era of Biofuels Raises Environmental Concerns 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z How could his homegrown corn compete with imports from U.S. agribusinesses, many of which received subsidies from the U.S. government? Why is AMLO one of the world's most popular politicians? We took a road trip through Mexico to find out 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z His choice of Silva underscores that commitment — but the contentious pick may undermine his prospects for governability, given many agribusiness players and associated lawmakers resent her. Brazil’s Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Ukrainian agribusiness expert Alex Lissitsa told the Ukrainian Weekly, an English-language news organization headquartered in the U.S, that some of the biggest threats to Ukrainian agriculture are related to financing. $2B in loans to help Ukraine’s ag, fuel import businesses 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The agribusiness giant complied because it worried that an embargo could force it to shut down a plant. Regulators and shippers complain about UP’s shipping limits 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Farmers depend on agribusiness giants and fossil-fuel providers for products such as fuel, fertilizer and seed, and they struggle to make ends meet because those big firms capture most of agriculture’s economic value. The New Era of Biofuels Raises Environmental Concerns 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Several sessions will focus on agriculture and agribusiness, issues that are of greater concern since the food crisis and wheat shortage caused by the war in Ukraine. Biden to call for African Union to permanently join G-20 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He also championed agribusiness, which opposes the creation of protected areas such as Indigenous territories and pushes for the legalization of land grabbing. Brazil’s Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z It has an educated population and a competitive advantage when it comes to agribusiness. Out of the Public Eye, a Debate Is Raging Over a Postwar Ukraine Economy 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Borges cited the involvement of agribusiness players in the protests, many of whom support Bolsonaro’s push for development of the Amazon rainforest and his authorization of previously banned pesticides. Brazilian protests intensify; Bolsonaro stays silent 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z He will find more resistance from agribusiness, mining interests and others who were allowed to do what they wanted under Bolsonaro,” Ms. Bustamante said. Expectations Run High as an Exuberant Lula Speaks at Climate Summit 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The former Army captain also appointed forest managers from the agribusiness sector, which opposes the creation of protected areas such as Indigenous territories and pushes for the legalization of land robbing. At climate summit, Brazil’s Lula says deforestation to stop 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Bolsonaro, a former Army captain, also appointed forest managers from the agribusiness sector, which opposes the creation of protected areas such as Indigenous territories and pushes for the legalization of land robbing. At climate summit, Brazil’s Lula says deforestation to stop 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z But in his second term, Da Silva began catering to agribusiness interests, and in 2008 Marina Silva resigned. Brazil will be climate leader, says ex-minister Marina Silva 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z But the powerful “ruralista” agribusiness lobby that fights for the expansion of soy and beef production remains. Brazil’s New President Vows to Save Amazon Forests 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Brazil's national congress has a strong conservative block, with links to producers and agribusiness. In Brazil, Lula vows to halt deforestation — but it won’t be easy 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Bolsonaro retorted that his trip to Russia secured a supply of fertilizer ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, helping Brazilian agribusiness, and he said the Middle East receives him “with open arms.” Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Lula make final appeals for votes 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z But in his second term, da Silva began catering to agribusiness interests, and in 2008 Marina Silva resigned. At climate summit, Brazil’s Lula says deforestation to stop 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Environmental agencies were weakened and he appointed forest managers from the agribusiness sector. Brazil will be climate leader, says ex-minister Marina Silva 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Bolsonaro rolled back legal protections for the forest and its Indigenous inhabitants, and he opened the region to dam building and agribusiness expansion. Brazil’s New President Vows to Save Amazon Forests 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Often referred to as the "Trump of the tropics" for his racist rhetoric, pro-corporate policies, and open attacks on democratic institutions, Bolsonaro gutted environmental enforcement agencies and pushed for mining and agribusiness in the Amazon. In Brazil, Lula vows to halt deforestation — but it won’t be easy 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Bolsonaro highlighted his trip to Russia that secured a supply of fertilizer ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, helping Brazilian agribusiness, and he said the Middle East receives him “with open arms.” Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Lula face off in last debate before vote 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The president’s base is a bloc known as “beef, bibles and bullets,” representing people connected to the agribusiness industry, evangelical movement, and law enforcement and the military. Bolsonaro vs. Lula: Brazil Faces a Stark Choice With Huge Stakes 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Brazilian agribusiness has thrived in recent years - regardless of government, and despite national economic downturns - thanks largely to exports to China that began surging in the early 2000s. Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Bernardy says he sees risks to agribusiness if Bolsonaro is reelected: He said rampant clearing of the Amazon rainforest that critics blame on Bolsonaro could lead to foreign restrictions on Brazilian exports. Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Lula also enters office at a time when agribusiness, miners, and organized crime in the Amazon are emboldened after years of Bolsonaro rhetoric and policies. In Brazil, Lula vows to halt deforestation — but it won’t be easy 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Because the population of the basin is so spread out, many people were not totally aware of the growth of agribusiness in the area. The Cochise County groundwater wars 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The consolidation of family farms into corporate operations has dislocated families from land they had worked for generations, turning them into employees of big agribusiness. Fears Over Fate of Democracy Leave Many Voters Frustrated and Resigned 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z California still has deep veins of conservatism and right-leaning power centers in agribusiness and the oil industry, even if Democrats have a two-to-one edge over Republicans in voter registration. California and Gov. Gavin Newsom Hold the Blue Line 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Brazilian agribusiness has thrived in recent years — regardless of government, and despite national economic downturns — thanks largely to exports to China that began surging in the early 2000s. Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z It was an answer to Simone Tebet, a senator who is close to agribusiness leaders and considered a moderate in the race. Worst Brazil forest fires in a decade, yet election silence 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Since taking office, he has stopped all Indigenous land titling, promoted land grabbing, and encouraged the opening of lands to mining, drilling, and agribusiness. In Brazil’s presidential election, the fate of the Amazon is at stake 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Simone Tebet, a senator who is close to agribusiness leaders and considered a moderate in the race, attacked Bolsonaro over his environmental record in a segment related to climate change. Brazil’s decisive debate on eve of presidential election 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Brazilian farmers are sowing soybeans at a faster pace this season, according to estimates from two agribusiness consultancies on Monday. Brazil does not need to fear recession abroad, strong dollar, says Guedes 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z He points to the fact that tens of millions of Brazilians are going hungry as evidence the nation’s agribusiness model is more focused on feeding foreigners. Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z "If we are elected, we have a gigantic task to try to stop bills that would open up our territories to mining and agribusiness. We intend to fight them head on," Witoto said. A wave of indigenous women run for Brazil's Congress in Bolsonaro backlash 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Green said students will get the education needed to work on the cutting edge of agribusiness and dairy sciences. Idaho a step closer to having largest research dairy in US 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Bolsonaro is a staunch agribusiness advocate and frequently invokes individuals’ right to own property. Brazil’s Bolsonaro hopes land titles will lure rural votes 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z He told media network Globo on Aug. 22 — the worst single day for outbreaks of fire in 15 years — that the criticism is part of an effort to undermine the nation’s agribusiness sector. Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits five-year high in August 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Da Silva has tried to gain traction in the agribusiness world winning the runoff endorsement of moderate Sen. Simone Tebet. Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z When have any of the big agribusiness conglomerates ever faced prosecution for hiring migrants? America has a chance to retreat from madness: Will the midterms save us — or doom democracy? 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The war will cost Ukraine’s farmers and agribusiness companies $23 billion in lost profits, destroyed equipment and transportation costs, according to Ukrainian studies. Calculating the Costs of War 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Instead, many politicians vie for who has a bolder promise to relax legal restrictions on gold mining, expand deforestation for agribusiness or pave highways through the forest. Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Already sidelined by the growing influence of agribusiness, she resigned in 2008. Problematic or perilous: Brazil’s environmental choice 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Tebet believes Brazil’s agribusiness embraced Bolsonaro due to outdated fears of the nation’s Landless Workers Movement which for decades occupied idle land and responded with violence when forcibly expelled. Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z "There is an upside potential for rice prices with the possibility of production downgrades in key exporting countries," said Phin Ziebell, agribusiness economist at National Australia Bank. Analysis: Global rice supplies at risk as harsh weather hits top exporters 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The Ministry of Agriculture has cited studies showing the war will cost farmers and agribusiness companies $23 billion this year in lost profits, destroyed equipment and higher transportation costs. Mines, Fires, Rockets: The Ravages of War Bedevil Ukraine’s Farmers 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z They decide whether to lend money for coal mines and for agribusinesses that fell tropical rainforest. Banks far from hitting Paris climate targets, groups warn 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The Grand Forks City Council in February gave initial approval to the Chinese agribusiness for its proposed corn-milling facility that officials said could be the largest private sector investment in the community’s history. Burgum calls for security review of Chinese firm’s project 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Breeders also need to go beyond the field to understand the needs of women in agribusiness at every stage of the value chain. Designer Crops of the Future Must Be Better Tailored for Women in Agriculture 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z "The agribusiness system has relied on the ability to externalize these costs to downstream communities," said Tom Zimnicki, the Agricultural & Restoration Policy Director for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z During his two-day visit to Indonesia, Watt also plans to meet with the Disaster Mitigation Agency chief and with Indonesian agribusiness leaders. Australia, Indonesia commit to fight against FMD outbreak 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Also observed is a widening disparity among the income of farmers and the escalating concentration of agribusiness—industries involved with manufacture, processing, and distribution of farm products—into fewer and fewer hands. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z “Of course, we have to make sure that we have enough diesel for the Brazilian agribusiness and, of course, for Brazilian drivers,” he said. Minister: Brazil wants to buy a lot of diesel from Russia 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Will the coming wave of CRISPR-altered crops feed the world and help poor farmers or only enrich agribusiness giants that invest in the technology? CRISPR, 10 Years On: Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Petro has promised to limit agribusiness expansion into the forest, and create reserves where Indigenous communities and others are allowed to harvest rubber, acai and other non-timber forest products. New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z She has received support from companies and employees in the agribusiness, real estate and construction industries, and is backed by several Native American tribes that operate large casinos. The June primary for California attorney general is a fight for second place 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z With the law in place, “in two or three years, we will no longer be dependent on imports of potash for our agribusiness,” Bolsonaro said. Mining companies back away from Brazil’s Indigenous areas 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Some economists accuse multinational agribusiness of exploiting the chaos caused by the pandemic and the war to lift prices beyond any connection to supply and demand. Poor Countries Face a Mounting Catastrophe Fueled by Inflation and Debt 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The former president’s winning streak ended on May 10, when agribusiness executive Charles Herbster, his pick for Nebraska governor, lost in the primary. Pennsylvania’s Senate GOP primary too close to call 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The application of the Endangered Species Act to future water projects was of profound interest to Westlands and other agribusinesses like it, not to mention other industries Bernhardt represented as a private attorney. Column: How the odor of corruption from Trump's administration persists to the present day 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z But Mr. Trump’s endorsement was not enough to bolster agribusiness executive Charles Herbster, who lost to Jim Pillen, a member of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, in the state’s GOP governor’s race. Trump’s endorsement winning streak is over with more tests to come this month 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z One result of that optimism, according to CropLife, a U.S. agribusiness publication, is that the third quarter of 2021 saw more venture capital investment in agriculture technology startups than ever: more than $4 billion. In farming, a constant drive for technology 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z She said even the largest agribusiness corporations have shown a willingness to listen. NASA climate research scientist wins World Food Prize 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The allegations against Mr. Herbster, a millionaire agribusiness executive who is largely self-funding his campaign, have roiled the often polite world of Nebraska politics ahead of the state’s May 10 primary. Nebraska Candidate for Governor Accused of Second Groping Incident at 2019 Dinner 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z To build what he has — an agribusiness with six ranches and 200 employees — and to help bring an economy to a region largely without one took sacrifice. How Americans’ love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest And in Nebraska, Mr. Trump endorsed Charles W. Herbster, a wealthy agribusiness executive who was accused this month by a state senator of groping her at a political event. Why Republican Insurgents Are Struggling to Topple G.O.P. Governors 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z It fits neatly into the existing agribusiness model, but even with that adoption advantage no one expects a fast transition. In farming, a constant drive for technology 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z “Everything is in flux,” said Lon Swanson, an agribusiness consultant for Wells Fargo. Four hidden reasons food prices are crazy right now 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Fresh from college at Fresno State, Mr. Blocker worked as a commodity trader for Cargill, the agribusiness conglomerate. How America’s Farmers Got Cut Out of the Supply Chain 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z He has cast himself as a political outsider with experience as the owner of major farming and agribusiness operations. Nebraska GOP governor hopeful accused of groping women 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Brazil relies heavily on imported fertilisers for its agribusiness industry - more than 90% of its fertilisers come from abroad, and Russia is its most important partner. Brazil's indigenous communities fear mining threat over war in Ukraine 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Russian food exports have not yet come under Western sanctions, and some of the United States’ largest agribusinesses, including Cargill, continue to operate in Russia. Ukraine’s wheat harvest, which feeds the world, can’t leave the country 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Though thousands of people have taken to the streets in a colorful display of dissent, there seems to be enough congressional support — underwritten by the powerful agribusiness lobby — to pass the bills. Opinion | Bolsonaro Said His ‘Specialty Is Killing.’ He’s Been True to His Word. 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Tall and sinewy, Mr. Blocker, 41, is a study in the contrasts of modern agribusiness. How America’s Farmers Got Cut Out of the Supply Chain 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z It ultimately belongs to the people, not a handful of powerful agribusiness magnates. Opinion | Our farmers need our help 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “Russia has bombed at least three civilian ships carrying goods from Black Sea ports to the rest of the world, including one chartered by an agribusiness company,” she said. UN food chief: Ukraine war’s food crisis is worst since WWII 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Bolsonaro, a far-right populist, has also noted that Russian fertilizers are crucial for Brazil’s giant agribusiness sector. Brazil won't take sides over Russia's invasion of Ukraine - foreign minister 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Analysts expect that tighter supplies and high demand will likely benefit some of the bigger agribusinesses, including Archer-Daniels Midland and Bunge. Wheat, corn prices surge amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z When asked about sanctions against Russia, the president said they could hit Brazil, which relies on the country in the agribusiness sector. Brazil's Bolsonaro says humanitarian visas to be given to Ukrainians 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z He added that he was against any sanctions that could bring negative repercussions for Brazil, citing Russian fertilizers which are crucial for its giant agribusiness sector. Bolsonaro won't condemn Putin, says Brazil will remain neutral over invasion 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z His work examined the influence of chemical and agribusiness companies in shaping pesticide regulation and other agency decisions that affected public health. Joe Tom Easley, prominent gay rights activist, dies at 81 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Crump has won multimillion-dollar settlements in police brutality cases, stood with Black farmers taking on an agribusiness giant and represented families exposed to lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan. Trayvon Martin 10th anniversary: A look at the players 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “Industrial-scale agribusinesses effectively use such symbolism ... to maintain control over the political economy, despite ever lessening distribution of economic returns,” she observed. Column: Pork producers are in full squeal over California's farm animal rules. You should tune them out 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Multinationals are located around the country in agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, technology and logistics. Multinationals in Ukraine are ready for a conflict but staying put. 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z And agribusiness is responding to the widespread supply chain and labor shortage challenges. Are inflation fears justified for most middle-class households? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Italy’s agribusinesses lost big when Russia imposed retaliatory import bans on produce, cheese and meat in 2014. European companies’ Russian ties could make sanctions tough 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z President Joe Biden in July unveiled a new push to expand business ties between U.S. companies and Africa, with a focus on clean energy, health, agribusiness and transportation infrastructure. Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Speaking during a TV interview, he said he did not expect to bring the matter up during his meeting with Putin, as he was looking to focus more on economic subjects such as agribusiness. U.S. leans on Brazil's Bolsonaro to scrap Russia trip, source says 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Bolsonaro said he does not expect to bring the matter up during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, looking to focus more on economic subjects such as agribusiness. Bolsonaro hopes Ukraine crisis will be solved "in harmony" as he prepares to meet Putin 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z “We trade seeds with one another and share notes, all working together to preserve biodiversity. The competition is giant agribusiness and the industrial food system.” Where adventurous gardeners buy their seeds | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z This Central Valley outpost is one of the most fertile places on Earth, attracting thousands of seasonal laborers to harvest lettuce and reaping windfalls for big agribusiness. A neglected California city reinvents itself with electric cars — and plots a road map for the nation 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z But a recent move by the Biden administration accusing two large Mexican agribusinesses of forced labor abuses has brought fresh scrutiny of the industry. U.S. blocking tomato shipments from Mexican farms accused of abusing workers 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z He argued that it would shred regulatory authority and environmental protections and stick taxpayers with the bills for water projects that benefit agribusiness, among other interests. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z A particularly generous donor was Dwayne Andreas, chairman of Archer Daniels Midland, the giant agribusiness; over two decades, the company received millions of dollars in tax breaks and federal subsidies. Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Stalwart of the Senate, Dies at 98 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Central Valley agribusinesses would find their water supplies enhanced, but the bill would land in everyone else’s mailboxes. Column: This proposed ballot measure would make you pay for the ag industry’s water wastefulness 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z If those laws are enacted under a Brazilian administration that is unable to control environmental violations, they could severely affect local agribusiness, the heart of the country’s economy. Amazon Deforestation Soars to 15-Year High 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The administration is blocking all tomato shipments from the agribusinesses based in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, under a “withhold release order” handed down in late October by U.S. U.S. blocking tomato shipments from Mexican farms accused of abusing workers 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Affluent nations, he said, must “abandon extractivism and get the oil, mining and agribusiness companies out of our territories, and apply a holistic vision, combined with the vision of the Indigenous peoples.” To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The end of the Cold War and the rise of agribusiness firms that concentrated shipping at Canada’s largest ports gradually shut down both of Churchill’s economic engines, and people drained away. Opinion | 3,000 Miles From Glasgow, a Town and Its Polar Bears Face the Future 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Of the eight businesses listed as endorsers on the campaign’s website, seven are agribusinesses and one is a home builder. Column: This proposed ballot measure would make you pay for the ag industry’s water wastefulness 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Industry groups have long anticipated the chance for Brazil to catch up on 5G technology allowing greater efficiency and automation in fields from healthcare to agribusiness. Brazil holds long-awaited 5G spectrum auction, eyeing $8 bln of investments 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The Mexican agribusinesses, which U.S. authorities said share an ownership structure, did not respond to several requests for comment. U.S. blocking tomato shipments from Mexican farms accused of abusing workers 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z “It’s hard to do a lot without the federal government,” says Marcello Brito, a spokesman for the Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture, a nonprofit that joins leading agribusiness companies and environmentalists. Once a Climate Leader, Brazil Falls Short in Glasgow 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Since taking office, Bolsonaro has encouraged development within the Amazon and dismissed global complaints about its destruction as a plot to hold back Brazil’s agribusiness. Climate activists call for investigation of Bolsonaro 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Instead, funds and E.T.F.s hold the stocks of agribusiness companies, like Deere & Company and Archer-Daniels-Midland, or buy futures contracts for commodities, like corn, soybeans and wheat. Farmland Is Valuable, but Buying It Is Tricky for Fund Investors 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Since taking office, Bolsonaro has encouraged development within the Amazon and dismissed global complaints about its destruction as a plot to hold back the nation’s agribusiness. Brazil’s Amazon records least September fires in 20 years 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The targeted agribusinesses, which have shipped about 20 million pounds of tomatoes to the U.S. since October 2020, were the first link of a supply chain with a relatively straightforward path to U.S. store shelves. U.S. blocking tomato shipments from Mexican farms accused of abusing workers 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Restrictions imposed by the government have limited the ability of domestic agribusiness to import critical farming equipment and supplies needed for adaptation, Lestani said. Dying crops, spiking energy bills, showers once a week. In South America, the climate future has arrived. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Almost a third of the murders were reportedly linked to resource exploitation - logging, mining, large-scale agribusiness, hydroelectric dams and other infrastructure. Record number of environmental activists murdered 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Several associations of industry, finance and even agribusiness leaders have called in recent weeks for the president to respect the constitution and reduce tensions with Congress and the courts. Analysis: Bolsonaro rallies base but turns off allies and markets 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Financial, industrial and agribusiness leaders have also distanced themselves from Bolsonaro's attacks on the Supreme Court and called for dialogue between the executive and judiciary. Bolsonaro supporters breach police cordon ahead of Tuesday's marches 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The two targeted agribusinesses have withheld wages and subjected workers to abusive working and living conditions, among other violations, according to U.S. U.S. blocking tomato shipments from Mexican farms accused of abusing workers 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z But as a series of historic droughts deadens vast expanses of South America, he fears a worsening water crisis could do what other calamities couldn’t: Bust his third-generation agribusiness. Dying crops, spiking energy bills, showers once a week. In South America, the climate future has arrived. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z According to RaboResearch, a Dutch agribusiness research organisation, global production of insect protein for pet food could reach half a million tonnes by the end of the decade, up from barely 10,000 tonnes today. The South African farm turning flies into food for pets - and maybe people 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Financial, industrial and agribusiness leaders in Brazil have also distanced themselves from Bolsonaro's attacks on the Supreme Court and called for dialogue between the executive and judiciary, warning the tensions threaten an economic rebound. Brazil braces for pro-Bolsonaro rallies on Tuesday 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z “Everyone along the supply chain is absorbing some of the higher costs,” said Oscar Tjakra, a senior analyst at food and agribusiness research at Rabobank. Rats, drought and labour shortages eat into global edible oil recovery 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In recent years some industry players have followed up on pledges to improve the lives of Mexican laborers, according to produce distributors, labor organizers, agribusiness executives, watchdog groups and industry analysts. U.S. blocking tomato shipments from Mexican farms accused of abusing workers 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The country’s powerful agribusiness sector is one of the main drivers of its long-lagging economy. Beef giant Brazil halts China exports after confirming two mad cow disease cases 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z However, he warned that a severe drought would continue to hurt agribusiness and raise the risk of energy rationing if reservoirs run dry at major hydropower plants. Brazil GDP slips as second COVID-19 wave stalls recovery 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The Xokleng people say the original extent of their territory was progressively diminished by encroaching agribusiness and that they never left the area. Brazil’s Indigenous march before ‘ruling of the century’ 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The agribusiness giant took a decade to develop that product line. Attack of the Superweeds 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Tomato growers in Florida, who have long criticized Mexican agribusinesses, say they continue to struggle to compete against Mexican farms whose labor costs are much lower, sometimes because of forced labor tactics. U.S. blocking tomato shipments from Mexican farms accused of abusing workers 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Davis, the agribusiness leader, said some farmers will pump groundwater to make up for losses. First-ever water shortage declared on the Colorado River, triggering water cuts for some states in the West 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Davis, the agribusiness leader, said some farmers would pump groundwater to make up for losses. First-ever water shortage declared on the Colorado River, triggering water cuts for some states in the West 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z With only a modicum of union support and financial backing, Galarza battled agribusiness for over a decade. Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z The agribusiness company reported earnings and revenue that easily surpassed analysts’ estimates. Alphabet, Boeing rise; Spotify, CoStar Group fall 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The Chicago traders are on board, along with 175 agribusiness and environmental advocacy groups, with paying farmers for environmental services. Opinion | Ignore the chatter. Stuff is getting done. And both parties are helping. 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Office of Government Ethics several weeks to negotiate a deal to untangle the potential conflicts of interests in his agribusinesses. The land was worth millions. A Big Ag corporation sold it to Sonny Perdue’s company for $250,000. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z But President Bolsonaro, a climate change sceptic who is supported by powerful agribusiness leaders, considers them too big for the number of people who live there and an obstacle to development. Gold rush fuels armed violence in Brazilian Amazon 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The goal of eliciting a challenge, of baiting agribusiness and its allies, had been successful. Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z “I’m a little mystified why they didn’t do more,” said California Farm Bureau director of employment policy Bryan Little, whose organization joined more than three-dozen agribusiness opponents of the proposed rules. Even vaccinated California workers may have to keep masks on 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Bunge, an American agribusiness company, said it never received a proposal. Brazil’s Bid to Outsource Amazon Conservation Finds Few Takers 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z “Plant pathologists and farmers take fungi very seriously and always have, and agribusiness has,” says Matthew C. Fisher, a professor of epidemiology at Imperial College London, whose work focuses on identifying emerging fungal threats. Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All Over the World 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z And American agribusiness, which is racking up record profits, will surely dig in against proposals that seek to upend the status quo in farm country. Perspective | Beef isn’t being banned. But it’s always a staple of the culture-war diet. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z His strategy involved attacking the "alliance" between agribusiness and government bureaucracies while introducing innovative approaches to labor organizing in the fields. Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z It is home to the University of Nebraska, which has strong programs in computer science and engineering, and it has a vibrant agribusiness sector. Can the Biden Agenda Fix Middle America’s Deepest Problem? 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z This isn’t an agribusiness, there are no neat rows of monoculture crops on flat, denuded land. Two King County communities look to the land to heal generational trauma 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z And he’s stood with Black farmers taking on an agribusiness giant, and families exposed to lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan. ‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z His One District One Factory programme aims to kickstart industrialisation by providing the infrastructure for agribusiness. Ghana's farmers eye sweet success from chocolate 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Industrial agribusiness has been a scourge on our environment and communities. Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z “It is very, very unlikely that we will get a bad national crop now,” said Phin Ziebell, agribusiness economist at National Australia Bank. Australian wheat farmers see silver lining to destructive floods 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Up to this year, the two institutions were working together to serve students in agribusiness, construction management, and hospitality management and culinary arts. Hastings native grateful for role leading 2 colleges 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Climate-change concerns are also accelerating investments, including by agribusiness giant Bayer AG, into multi-storey vertical farms or greenhouses the size of 50 football fields. Investors seed indoor farms as pandemic disrupts food supplies 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The House State Affairs Committee killed a third version of a bill and sent a fourth version to the full House despite doubts from businesses, food producers and Idaho-based agribusiness giant J.R. House tries again to trim Idaho governor’s emergency powers 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Yet, some of us may be surprised to learn that scholars also have a long history of taking on industrial agribusiness, especially in California. Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Conservation groups criticized efforts, saying the project would hurt the environment to help agribusiness. Mississippi 2020 top stories: Virus, flag, prisons, storms 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z But production subsidies, which dominate the rest of the budget, disproportionately favor well-to-do farmers and agribusiness. Opinion | Biden’s pick for agriculture is a safe, solid choice. But U.S. farm policy needs fresh thinking. 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The industry spent roughly $2.5 billion on those improvements and additional pay for workers in the first six months, said Will Sawyer, a protein economist at Cobank, an agribusiness bank. US plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers issued another report Friday favoring agribusinesses over environmentalists in a decades-long battle over a massive flood control project in the south Mississippi Delta. Army Corps report supports Mississippi flood-control pumps 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z DiGiorgio was the nation's foremost vertically integrated agribusiness, marshaling enormous political influence, while the Braceros program was a federally supported, international farm labor infrastructure funneling workers to the United States from Mexico. Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Critics argue Vilsack is cozy with corporate agribusiness and top lobbying groups such as the American Farm Bureau Federation and the U.S. Biden agriculture pick likely to reassure farmers, disappoint activists 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The word “tequila” is a designation of origin; it means the rights of using this word belong only to the tequila agribusiness. Elon Musk wanted to call his new tequila ‘Teslaquila’ but Mexico said no 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Farmers and the growing agribusiness sector celebrated rising sales of soya and beef, and the roads and towns that grew up with them. The Cerrado: how Brazil’s vital ‘water tank’ went from forest to soy fields 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Environmental and conservation groups remain opposed, saying the project would hurt wetlands to help agribusiness. Army Corps report supports Mississippi flood-control pumps 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z An agribusiness company sued the city the following day, freezing the “legal person” law. Can Spain fix its worst ecological disaster by making a lagoon a legal person? 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Critics of large-scale agribusiness say its leadership needs to better reflect global environmental changes and the country’s growing economic and racial diversity. Biden agriculture pick likely to reassure farmers, disappoint activists 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z They’ve said for decades that it would be an expensive boondoggle that would hurt wetlands to help agribusiness. Analysis: Mississippi pump proposal evokes strong reactions 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z In 2017, Maguire wrote to the board of China’s biggest food producers, Bright Foods, to complain a delay in a deal with an Australian agribusiness UWE was “causing loss of face for my political leaders”. Australian state premier had secret relationship with China-linked politician 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z He said agribusiness was the most interested in protecting the environment. Brazil's VP Mourao says mining in indigenous lands is legal, but needs regulation 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The Republican’s office says the Coronavirus Agricultural and Forestry Business Fund aims to help ensure the stability of the food supply chain and agribusiness during the pandemic. Tennessee gov announces $55M in farm, forestry COVID-19 aid 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Cargill Inc. The U.S. agribusiness company is developing a methane-reduction product for sale to farmers “in the near future,” said spokesman Daniel Sullivan. What is the science behind the moo-ve from cattle methane emissions? 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “But when farmers are using half of the fertilizer they used to use, that’s terrifying for agribusinesses.” Can an Algorithm Help Solve Political Paralysis? 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z While the 1994 deal decimated small Mexican farmers by forcing them to compete against U.S. agribusiness, it helped Querétaro lure multinational companies including Siemens, General Electric and Bombardier. It took decades to build Mexico's middle class. The coronavirus could demolish it 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Officials at an event on Wednesday called it the nation’s largest agribusiness investment in an opportunity zone. 1,500 agribusiness jobs coming to rural SC opportunity zone 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Not only is agribusiness Michigan’s second largest industry, but it’s woven into everyday life – from the food we eat to the textiles we wear. 4-H agriculture programs persevere during pandemic 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The signers included retailers, manufacturers, agribusinesses, technology companies, hotels, restaurants and builders. Workers and customers are catching COVID-19. Should businesses escape blame? 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Brazil's agribusiness exporters feared boycotts, and asset managers considered divesting from Brazilian companies. Amazon continues to burn in 2020 with wildfires despite promises to save it 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Brazil’s agribusiness exporters feared boycotts, and asset managers considered divesting from Brazilian companies. Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Colorado accounted for almost a quarter of the nation’s hemp acreage last year, according to Colorado State University agribusiness professor Dawn Thilmany, but it was a gamble that did not pay off. In Colorado’s climate-change hot spot, the West’s water is evaporating 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Republicans added $20 billion for agribusinesses but nothing for greater food stamp benefits. Trump, GOP soften on opposition to $600 jobless benefit 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The city’s lawsuit against the agribusiness giant, filed in D.C. Monsanto to pay $52 million toward contamination cleanup in the Potomac, other area waterways 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z “Brazil is an agribusiness power and Europe is an environmental sect. They don’t preserve anything,” he said, “and they shoot at us the whole time unfairly. Why? It’s a commercial battle.” Dramatic footage fuels fears Amazon fires could be worse than last year 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z So heartless agribusiness concerns do a better job ensuring the survival of baby chicks than the international community sometimes does for human babies. Opinion | The Mistakes That Will Haunt Our Legacy 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z “To end this hunger crisis, governments must also build fairer, more robust and more sustainable food systems that put the interests of food producers and workers before the profits of big food and agribusiness.” More people could die from COVID-19-related hunger than the disease itself, Oxfam warns 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The company claimed it suffered financial losses because the allegations caused Thai agribusiness giant Betagro to drop it as a supplier. Litigious poultry farm loses defamation cases in Thailand 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “Even though there is a clear barrier between the good agro and these people, the image always sticks to agribusiness,” he said. Amazon Deforestation Soars as Pandemic Hobbles Enforcement 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Instead, the 51-year-old former candy company executive promotes his work in the statehouse on big issues such as tax cut legislation and attacks King for a lack of sway on farming and agribusiness issues. Iowa’s Steve King fights for his seat, shunned by his party 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, signatories to the letter, which included agribusiness companies and investors such as Sweden’s AP7 pension fund and Norwegian insurer Storebrand, said they were “deeply concerned” about the proposed bill. British supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over proposed forest law 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z At the same time, the government is spending $200m per month to support the meat and dairy industries, while agribusiness lobbies for more stimulus money to return to killing as normal. It's time to dismantle factory farms and get used to eating less meat | Gene Baur 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z With the availability and affordability of our food at risk, it is in America’s interest to aid farms and agribusinesses in financial distress caused by the coronavirus emergency. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z More broadly, food production, processing, and distribution became increasingly concentrated and consolidated since the 1980s and 1990s when the U.S. passed laws and enacted policies that relaxed antitrust laws and encouraged agribusiness mergers and acquisitions. Why farmers dump food and crops while grocery stores run dry and Americans struggle 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z On his first day in office, Mr. Bolsonaro transferred the land demarcation process from the National Indian Foundation, known as FUNAI, to the Ministry of Agriculture, which is heavily influenced by the agribusiness lobby. As Bolsonaro Keeps Amazon Vows, Brazil’s Indigenous Fear ‘Ethnocide’ 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Shreve said it’s important to add another viable cash crop for agribusiness in the state. Northam signs bill to regulate CBD products as food 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z These “nonessential” farmers work smaller plots of land and grow a variety of crops, which is better for the environment as compared with the monoculture model widely practiced by agribusiness. Opinion | Ralph Northam was wrong to close Virginia’s farmers markets 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z What the nation needs now is enough aid to help farmers and agribusinesses through an economic crisis that is not their fault. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Logistics, health care, manufacturing and agribusiness are the among the fields where jobs are available. State: Workers needed for critical jobs during pandemic 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z However, conservationists warn these improvements are from a dangerously low baseline and the overall trend for the forest is still downward due to pressure from agribusiness and land speculation. Birth of wild tapir offers hope for Brazil's endangered ecosystem 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z “This is an ill-conceived approach focused on monocultural commodity production by large agribusiness at the expense of sustainable livelihoods, human development, and poverty eradication,” the letter said. UN under fire over choice of ‘corporate puppet’ as envoy at key food summit 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The Kansas Chamber of Commerce, the Kansas Farm Bureau and other agribusiness groups argued that Schmidt’s measure would make it easier to reach global legal settlements. Amid opioid, vaping suits, Kansas looks to curb local action 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z That would be on top of $28 billion the government has already committed in aid to the farm sector, most of which has gone to large agribusinesses, not small farmers. Column: Trump says the economy is doing great — but whose economy is it? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Environmentally friendly regeneration still has formidable opponents, among them old-school intensive farmers and the agribusinesses that make seeds and chemicals, as well as some plant scientists. The end of farming? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Sales of highly hazardous pesticides that contain known or presumed carcinogens are making the world’s five biggest agribusiness companies billions of dollars a year, according to an analysis by campaigners. US briefing: Bloomberg criticised, new spy director row and coronavirus 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The data from Phillips McDougall, the leading agribusiness analysts, are from buyer surveys focused on the most popular products in the 43 nations that buy the most pesticides. Firms making billions from ‘highly hazardous’ pesticides, analysis finds 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In recent years, they have faced growing pressure from agribusiness consolidation, biblical levels of flooding and steep tariffs because of the trade war with China. 'He was my big, strong brother': Inside one Iowa family's anguish amid a rise in farmer suicides 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Attorneys for the two agribusiness companies argued Friday that Bader’s peach orchards were damaged by root fungus and adverse weather, such as hail and ice storms. Jury awards Missouri farmer $15 million for dicamba damage 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Potash is an important fertiliser used heavily by agribusiness. 'They are invaders': Indigenous group takes on mining giant 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z “We do not accept mining, agribusiness and the renting of our lands, nor logging, illegal fishing, hydroelectric dams or other projects that will impact us directly and irreversibly,” the four-page document said. Brazilian tribes back manifesto to save Amazon habitat from Bolsonaro 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The two men suffocated after becoming trapped inside a grain storage tank owned by the local agribusiness. Grain handling company fined $292K after 2 employees die 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Even Beyond acknowledges it faces “intense competition” from a long list of rivals, such as big agribusinesses and natural food makers wanting to cash in on the craze. Ethan Brown went vegan, but missed fast food. So he started a revolution 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z “Now Brazil is the problem, and that surely brings consequences for agribusiness, for example.” Brazil’s role questioned after UN global warming meeting 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z In 2016, a Chinese man, Mo Hailong, pleaded guilty to trying to steal corn seeds from American agribusiness firms and give them to a Chinese company. U.S. Secretly Expelled Chinese Officials Suspected of Spying After Breach of Military Base 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Following the American Dust Bowl, American agriculture was transformed through mechanization and new industries: purchased seeds, an explosion in hired labor, fertilizer, pesticides, and expertise from a growing agribusiness industry. Technological "fixes" won't solve the misery of life under neoliberalism 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z The bees died off since agribusiness moved in 20 years ago, said João, 59. Brazil’s Amazon at a Crossroads 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z According to third-quarter economic data released last week, agribusiness grew by 1.3% — more than twice the pace of the broader economy. Brazil's weak currency, cheaper credit add to Amazon threats 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z We hope farmers and agribusiness see they have to be part of the solution. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z But in years with lesser cutbacks, the contract would entitle the district to a huge supply of water essential to the survival of its member agribusinesses. Column: Interior Secretary Bernhardt's previous job raises questions about a deal for his ex-client 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The government advised the tea industry that it needs to pay the communities, which will receive 1.5% of the ‘farm gate price’ — that paid by agribusinesses for unprocessed rooibos. Global lessons from South Africa’s rooibos compensation agreement 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z He complains that agribusiness did away with native forest, and its efficient machinery creates few jobs, leaving townspeople in the lurch. Brazil’s Amazon at a Crossroads 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z "Bernhardt might as well still work for his former lobbying firm, where he represented oil and gas, mining, and agribusiness interests for many years," declared Public Citizen president Robert Weissman. Oil lobbyist turned Interior chief proposes giving "coveted" contract to ex-client 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z A climate-change denier, he came to power with a vehemently anti-environmentalist message, supported by a powerful lobby known as “the three B’s”: Bibles, bullets, and beef, meaning evangelicals, gun advocates, and the agribusiness industry. Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The company’s website says that in addition to gas distribution in Europe and Asia, Group DF has operations in the fertilizer, chemicals and titanium businesses as well as agribusiness, media and real estate. Indicted Ukrainian oligarch embraces Trump's theories as he fights extradition 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z More than 13,000 women work to develop and maintain their own farms and agribusinesses in West Virginia. Conference for women in agriculture set in West Virginia 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z “Women are not ready to talk about discrimination in agribusiness,” she says. Brazil’s female farmers join forces to fight attacks, discrimination, lack of opportunity 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Cargill spokesman Daniel Sullivan says the explosion occurred early Thursday in a stand-alone building away from the agribusiness giant’s main plant in Dodge City. 2 employees injured in Cargill plant explosion in Kansas 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z There’s an unfolding tragedy at the heart of the world’s food system and its cause lies mainly at the door of governments, food manufacturers and agribusinesses. Counting the hidden $12-trillion cost of a broken food system 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Domestic grain milling migrated to the Midwest — America’s breadbasket — and is dominated now by large agribusinesses such as Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill. Flour mill in Baltimore County, Maryland’s last commercial mill, to shut down 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The breadbasket city of 105,000 people, located in Buenos Aires province, is also a hub for Argentine agribusiness. Embattled Argentine farmers eye presidential vote with fear 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Of the seven areas Pritzker targeted, five - agribusiness, information technology, life sciences, health care and transportation and logistics - are growing. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “The Amazon rainforest of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru is aflame from a greedy mix of agribusiness and climate change,” says Knight. Essential Arts: Desert X stirs controversy by staging its next show in Saudi Arabia 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The administration really has no assurance that agribusiness won’t demand more and more, just as they always have.” Trump, Facing Farmers’ Discontent, Plans Help for Ethanol 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The resource-rich archipelago in south-east Asia is the world’s most murderous country for people who oppose logging, destructive mining and corrupt agribusiness. Philippines' war on drugs fuels attacks on land defenders – report 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z About a decade ago, the state began allowing farmers to lease their land-use rights to other farmers or agribusiness firms. Barred From Owning Land, Rural Chinese Miss Spoils of Country’s Success 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z They are agribusiness and agriculture technology, energy, information technology and health care, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The Wonderful Company is a privately held multibillion-dollar agribusiness that says it is the world’s largest grower of tree nuts and the largest U.S. citrus grower, among other pursuits. Caltech gets $750M pledge for sustainability research 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z He added SoftBank sees opportunities in Brazil in health, logistics, transportation and agribusiness, among other areas. SoftBank mulls bringing 40 companies to Brazil -exec 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The report says the same is true for attacks against people opposing the coal industry, illegal mining, and corrupt agribusiness around the country. Philippines' war on drugs fuels attacks on land defenders – report 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Spurlock is once again up to his muckraking high jinks, delivering the scoop from within the very structures of American fast-food mongering and corporate agribusiness that he seeks to critique. With his new chicken documentary, is Morgan Spurlock part of the solution and the problem? 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z It is almost entirely funded by Goliaths of the agribusiness, food and pharmaceutical industries. A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Major pig producers in the region including the Guangdong branch of agribusiness giant New Hope Liuhe, said they will further expand hog production in the area to help with supplies. China's Guangdong to release another 3,150 tonnes of pork from... 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z A company that is a major buyer of Brazilian leather warned that it might cancel purchases because of concerns over the relationship between agribusiness and the fires devastating the Amazon. With Amazon on Fire, Environmental Officials in Open Revolt Against Bolsonaro 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z But as the world’s largest rainforest is eaten away by logging, mining, and agribusiness, it may not be able to provide the same buffer. Everything you need to know about the fires in the Amazon 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Along with right-wing evangelicals and supporters of Brazil’s past military dictatorship, Brazil’s powerful agribusiness sector is a critical component of the coalition that swept Bolsonaro into office. Fires are devouring the Amazon. And Jair Bolsonaro is to blame | David Miranda 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z “In large part, this tragedy is the result of the state’s populism and development vision based on agribusiness.” As Amazon burns, fires in next-door Bolivia also wreak Havoc 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z He is a gofer for agribusiness, which is responsible for the majority of the deaths in the fields and forests, and Brazil’s greatest destructive force. In Bolsonaro’s burning Brazilian Amazon, all our futures are being consumed | Eliane Brum 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has pledged to open up the Amazon to agribusiness and mining interests, making it vulnerable to people slashing and burning to clear land. Bad air days are even deadlier than we thought 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Melo, the political scientist, said an unusual “arc of alliance” was forming between agribusiness and environmentalists. Brazilian minister booed at climate event as outcry grows over Amazon fires 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z On the campaign trail, Bolsonaro vowed to help mining and agribusiness companies expand their activities in environmentally protected areas, including the Amazon. Latest deforestation data in Brazil show significant surge 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Half of the deaths in the Philippines were related to agribusiness. Philippines is deadliest country for defenders of environment 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Xavier da Silva’s appointment won support from leading agribusiness figures when it was announced on Friday. Bolsonaro pick for Funai agency horrifies indigenous leaders 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Neonicotinoids are so harmful to bees that they have been banned in the European Union , even in the face of intense pressure by agribusiness to keep them in use. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Two ways in which Fourth of July coverage was lacking 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z He better start listening to scientists and not his friends in the fossil fuel, chemical, and big agribusiness industries.” Florida fisherman says Trump's environmental moves helped turn his business around 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Global Witness reports that 207 environmental activists were killed in 2017, most of whom were opposed to agribusiness and mining projects. What happens to environment journalists is chilling: they get killed for their work | Mark Schapiro 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z In California’s dusty Imperial Valley, residents struggle to ”eke by” in the shadows of California agribusiness. Essential California: Facebook’s coming cryptocurrency and a Slack IPO in the week ahead 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Critics said the move effectively puts Brazil’s powerful agribusiness sector in charge of indigenous affairs. Bolsonaro pick for Funai agency horrifies indigenous leaders 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Bolsonaro also won the presidency with strong support from the agribusiness sector. Hundreds of new pesticides approved in Brazil under Bolsonaro 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z But their primary worry was that the law did not do enough to protect legacy farmers from getting undercut by new agribusiness entrepreneurs. How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Weed 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z He wrote in 2018 in the online publication Medium that agribusiness in Brazil was “under threat.” AP Explains: Brazil’s environmental changes under Bolsonaro 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z He wrote in 2018 in the online publication Medium that agribusiness in Brazil was "under threat." AP Explains: Brazil's environmental changes under Bolsonaro 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Sanders pledged to “impose an immediate moratorium on agribusiness mergers” as president and to direct more federal subsidies to family farmers. Still traumatized from 2016 loss, Democrats weigh how much to reach out to rural America 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z He is a close ally of the powerful agribusiness lobby and during his campaign said that if he were elected he would not allocate “one more centimeter” of land to indigenous reserves. 'Exterminator of the future': Brazil's Bolsonaro denounced for environmental assault 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z In addition, the ministry was empowered to determine the demarcation of indigenous lands, also seen by critics as a major win for Brazil’s agribusiness. Ex-ministers condemn course of Brazil’s environmental policy 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Beef was a paradigmatic industry for the rise of modern industrial agriculture, or agribusiness. The price of plenty: how beef changed America 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z China has also canceled Canadian agribusiness Richardson International Ltd’s registration to ship canola to China this year. China sentences Canadian to death for drug offences 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z “We are here to oppose mining, hydroelectric and agribusiness companies that destroy tribal communities and Mother Nature.” Brazil's indigenous tribes protest Bolsonaro assimilation plan 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Activists say the move will practically paralyze land allocations and facilitate operations for agribusiness and mining. Indigenous Brazilians gather to protest outside Congress 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z For instance, an agribusiness that lost money in a heat wave might invest less in equipment or research. Global warming may boost economic inequality 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Multinational agribusinesses have exacerbated the industrialisation of our food supply and accelerated the decline of small-scale farmers. Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England's land 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Family-run corn and potato farms, which used to blanket the hillsides, couldn’t compete with U.S. agribusiness. To save the monarch butterfly, Mexican scientists are moving a forest 1,000 feet up a mountain 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z New Deal-era policies, which guaranteed fair prices to farmers and supported rural infrastructure, were replaced with those driven by large-scale agribusiness. Opinion | Solving the Problems of Rural America 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Warren also proposes breaking up “vertically-integrated” agribusinesses - those, like Tyson, that control multiple levels of production and processing of a product. Warren proposes breaking up Big Ag 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z She examines three books that offer different ways of fixing it: total reinvention through technology, ending the mindless pushing of quantity over quality and returning power from agribusiness to local people. Daily briefing: Win a beautiful boxed set of all the elements in the periodic table 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Much of Bolsonaro’s political support comes from agribusiness, the arms industry, and the religious right, a nexus of power referred to as the Three “B”s—beef, bullets, and Bibles. Jair Bolsonaro’s Southern Strategy 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z She had just completed a master's degree in agribusiness management. The New Zealand Shooting Victims Spanned Generations and Nationalities 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Rival agribusiness Cargill Inc closed its Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Albion, Nebraska, grain elevators at least through the weekend due to flooding, according to its website. U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The center will focus on agronomy, cannabinoid science, agribusiness, hemp policy, agricultural hemp farming and other areas. New center at Murray State to focus on hemp industry 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z “Automation is the long-term solution, given the reluctance of domestic workers to do these jobs,” said Tim Richards, the Morrison chair of agribusiness in the W.P. Farmworkers vs robots: Will tomorrow fruit pickers be made of steel and tech? 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z But others have taken the agribusiness shilling and believe that their role in policymaking is simply to support the corporations that sell these poisons. Politicians are complicit in the killing of our insects – we will be next | Molly Scott Cato 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The agribusiness giant posted revenue of $15.95 billion in the period. ADM: 4Q Earnings Snapshot 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z One of Bolsonaro’s first acts was to transfer control of the regulation and creation of indigenous reserves to the agriculture ministry, which is controlled by Brazil’s agribusiness lobby. Jair Bolsonaro alarms climate activists with pro-business speech 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z “I think he’s done,” echoed Ross Nemitz, the owner of Ross’s Appliance Center in Fort Dodge, a small blue-collar city in the heart of Mr. King’s district full of agribusinesses. Steve King Still Has Backing in Iowa, but Even Supporters Say ‘He’s Done’ 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “The weather is not good news for summer grain crops such as sorghum,” said Phin Ziebell, agribusiness economist, National Australia Bank. Australian authorities warn about heat as temperature soars 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z This government sector is controlled by agribusiness, responsible for much of deforestation and eager to get their hands on the remaining forest. He’s been president a week – and already Bolsonaro is damaging Brazil | Eliane Brum 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z His agriculture minister, Tereza Cristina, is part of the agribusiness caucus in Brazil’s lower house and an adversary of requests from native tribes. Brazil’s Bolsonaro hinders demarcation of indigenous lands 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Instead of “pork barrel” dealing, he plans to lean on the support of cross-party, issue-based blocks in Congress formed of lawmakers who are evangelical Christians or linked to agribusiness and the arms lobby. Bolsonaro sworn in as Brazil's president on wave of conservative enthusiasm 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Indigenous peoples are frequently regarded as obstacles to the advance of agribusiness, extractive industries, roads and dams. The uncontacted tribes of Brazil face genocide under Jair Bolsonaro | Fiona Watson 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z But the myriad groups hitched to his bandwagon – which include evangelical Christians, agribusiness, nationalist military officers and neoliberal economists – have potentially conflicting agendas, analysts said, as the Israeli embassy issue illustrates. Populist leaders to attend Jair Bolsonaro's inauguration in Brazil 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z The book is a critique of American agribusiness and people’s poor eating habits. With a fire in her belly and a hunger for profit, Soupergirl aims to change lives 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z At the time, Ryan said, “We shouldn’t be giving corporate farms, these large agribusiness companies, subsidies. I strongly believe that,” according to the New York Times. ‘Part of a broader Republican surrender’: How the GOP caved in its $867 billion farm bill 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Still, Estes would like to see the government do more to level the playing field between large agribusiness and small independent farmers. Back to the land: are young farmers the new starving artists? 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Bergland saw his role as more than being a Washington representative of farmers or the agribusiness industry. Bob Bergland, embattled agriculture secretary under Jimmy Carter, dies at 90 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Brazil is the world’s biggest exporter of halal meat and its powerful agribusiness sector, which supports Bolsonaro, is spooked. Populist leaders to attend Jair Bolsonaro's inauguration in Brazil 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Salles was recommended for his new role by the Brazilian Rural Society – an agribusiness group, which aligns him with the new agriculture minister, Tereza Cristina, formerly president of the powerful agribusiness lobby in Congress. Environmental fines are 'ideological', says Brazil's new environment minister 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Or agribusiness, or the chemical industry, or many others – all of whom insist that they are merely meeting the human needs enshrined in the declaration, for housing and energy and dinner. Human rights for the 21st century: by Margaret Atwood, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Dave Eggers and more 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z At one point, flyers are posted in the corridors of the agribusiness department claiming that black people are a sub-species - racially inferior to Caucasians. 'The blackface scandal that rocked my campus' 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z He and other officials said the Australian government had agreed to work on strengthening ties between the two countries’ education, resources, agribusiness and tourism sectors. India and Australia Move to Tighten Bonds to Counter China’s Rise 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z This would mean that less land is controlled by indigenous and forest communities and more is open to agribusiness, miners, loggers and construction companies. Jair Bolsonaro's rise to power casts shadow over UN environment conference 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z “Modern agribusiness will pay the price when markets close to our commodities,” it said. Environmental fines are 'ideological', says Brazil's new environment minister 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The slim hope now for climate advocates is that the powerful agribusiness lobby will come to realise that the rain for their crops depends on a healthy Amazon and stable global environment. Brazil's new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The same day, the N-word was written in a bathroom in the agribusiness department, and posters about the importance of diversity were slashed with a knife. 'The blackface scandal that rocked my campus' 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z His election campaign was backed by powerful agribusiness interests in Brazil but some industry leaders yesterday called on him to show restraint. EU states call for tough action on deforestation to meet 2020 UN goal 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The third step is for the agribusiness sector in Brazil to recognize that nature is their best ally. Do Brazilians Really Care about the Environment? 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z In August, Victoria state auctioned 20 gigaliters of water that had been earmarked for the environment, putting it on the market for dairy and fruit regions around Cohuna or larger agribusinesses downriver. Drought Tests Australia’s Model Water Market 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The agribusiness giant posted revenue of $15.8 billion in the period. ADM: 3Q Earnings Snapshot 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The move will be cheered by Brazil’s influential agribusiness and mining lobbies, who were among the strongest backers of Bolsonaro because they want to open up the Amazon, Cerrado and other protected areas. Bolsonaro to merge environment and agriculture ministries in threat to the Amazon 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Yet the decision will be welcomed by Brazil’s agribusiness and mining lobbies, who backed Bolsonaro in hopes of opening up protected rainforest areas. Thursday US briefing: Trump says he'll send 15,000 troops to border 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The nonprofit group Observatorio do Clima said joining the two ministries would “undermine the competitiveness of Brazilian agribusiness, which depends on strong environmental governance.” Brazil to merge agriculture and environment ministries 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Large investors—including Canadian and U.S. funds—bought high-price water licenses to set up agribusiness ventures in profitable almonds, cotton and citrus, with an eye to growing Asian markets. Drought Tests Australia’s Model Water Market 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Bolsonaro thinks “Indians smell, are uneducated and don’t speak our language”, and that “the recognition of indigenous land is an obstacle to agribusiness”. Bolsonaro’s election is catastrophic news for Brazil’s indigenous tribes | Fiona Watson 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The controversial new Brazilian leader is supported by the agribusiness lobby. Bolsonaro merger plan 'threat to Amazon' 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z He supports wider gun ownership, more lethal police actions, the opening of the Amazon to agribusiness, and fewer rights for indigenous and quilombola communities. Trump joy over Bolsonaro suggests new rightwing axis in Americas and beyond 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z In a recent Facebook Live session, Bolsonaro said he would consider keeping them separate, though he said he is still discussing the idea with agribusiness leaders. What Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro wants to change 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z In a recent Facebook Live session, Bolsonaro said he would consider keeping them separate, though he said he is still discussing the idea with agribusiness leaders. What Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro wants to change 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z His plan to boost the economy is to expand agribusiness on the land of indigenous Brazilians. Brazil's voters may give bombastic candidate Jair Bolsonaro the presidency on election day Sunday - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z "This disastrous decision will bring serious damage to Brazil and will pass on to consumers abroad the idea that all Brazilian agribusiness survives thanks to the destruction of forests," Marina Silva said. Bolsonaro merger plan 'threat to Amazon' 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z In addition, low wages, lowered production costs due to increased scale of production and the monopoly of agribusiness has created cheap labor markets across the food system. Eating locally and in season: Is it really better for the environment? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z His plan to boost the economy includes kicking indigenous people off their land to expand agribusiness. Brazil presidential candidate fires off insults, praises dictators - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Brazil's farming lobby, which represents the country's powerful agribusiness sector in Congress, earlier this month endorsed Mr Bolsonaro as president. Who supports Brazil's far-right candidate? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Bolsonaro also needs to tread carefully with the huge agribusiness caucus that controls more than 40 percent of seats in Brazil’s Congress. Bolsonaro's anti-China rants have Beijing nervous about Brazil 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Skipwith then interned in the US Department of Agriculture and was briefly a consultant for the US Agency for International Development’s food security bureau before working again in agribusiness. Trump to nominate former Monsanto executive to top interior department position 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Because its innovations uncouple food growing from big machinery and huge fields, they should – in theory – allow small- and medium-sized farms to prosper, and strip vast agribusinesses of their competitive advantage. ‘We'll have space bots with lasers, killing plants’: the rise of the robot farmer 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The major agribusiness lender noted: "Global retail sales growth for dairy alternatives has soared at a rate of 8 percent annually over the last ten years." Opinion | Plant-based ‘dairy’ products aren’t new. Neither is the U.S. dairy industry’s hostility. 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The agribusiness interests who won another expansion for ethanol from the Trump administration last week would look an awful lot like crony capitalism and favoritism to opponents. How high is the water? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z In a tentative ruling, a San Francisco judge says she will order a new trial in a $289 million judgment against agribusiness giant Monsanto brought by a groundskeeper who says Roundup weed-killer caused his cancer. The Latest: Judge says she’ll order new Monsanto trial 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z But influential evangelical and agribusiness lobbies rallied to his side in the final stretch, while investors and wealthy Brazilians backed him, believing that Mr. Bolsonaro would curtail social spending and implement market-friendly reforms. Brazil Election: Jair Bolsonaro Heads to Runoff After Missing Outright Win 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z But what happens if it gets into the hands of agribusiness? ‘We'll have space bots with lasers, killing plants’: the rise of the robot farmer 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The final polls before Election Day showed Mr. Bolsonaro’s lead widening as the evangelical and agribusiness lobbies rallied to his side. Brazil’s Presidential Race: Who’s Ahead and What to Expect 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z And now that he is the established front-runner, powerful political players — including Edir Macedo, an evangelical pastor and television magnate, the powerful agribusiness coalition in Congress and market-minded elites — have pledged their support. Far-Right Candidate Jair Bolsonaro Widens Lead in Brazil’s Presidential Race 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z But that process remains unfinished, partially because of bureaucracy and resistance by powerful agribusiness, mining and other commercial interests. With rights under threat, Brazil’s indigenous run for office 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Manafort persuaded the Ukrainian government to change its grain policies in a way that benefited a U.S. agribusiness giant, and to consider deals with Exxon and Chevron for oil exploration. Paul Manafort met with Robert Mueller’s team: report 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Trade disputes with China, Mexico and other countries touched off by President Trump’s get-tough stance on trading partners, are altering global flows of foodstuffs like soybeans and pork, agribusiness executives said. U.S. Farm Sector Braces For Protracted Trade Fight 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z An agribusiness giant, he said, had recently heralded the impenetrability of the security systems built into one of its new computing components. For Hackers, Anonymity Was Once Critical. That’s Changing. 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z At dozens of booths sponsored by utilities and agribusiness, dam boosters celebrated the benefits of the Federal Columbia River Power System — hydropower, irrigation and flood control. Controversy heats up over removal of Lower Snake River dams as orcas suffer losses 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The Nebraska Farm Bureau Member Plan is designed for farmer, rancher and agribusiness members. New health care plan available for Nebraska farmers 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Cargill Meat Solutions, a division of Minnesota-based agribusiness company Cargill Corp., also agreed to train managers and hourly workers in accommodating Muslim employees’ prayer breaks at its Fort Morgan beef processing plant, the U.S. $1.5M settlement for Muslim workers fired in prayer dispute 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z There is simply no political will to constrain the power of the agribusiness sector, nor to provide a just economic foundation for farmers to survive as capitalism transforms the countryside into dystopia. Hunger is a grave warning to the world: If it is not defeated, the consequences will be dire 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z “We have no idea how long these tariffs are going to last,” says Mark Lyons, chief executive of Alltech, a Lexington, Ky., agribusiness whose operations include bourbon distilleries. Economy’s Surge Cuts Uneven Path in Districts 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “Limiting and calling attention to deforestation in the Amazon, in a way it forced the agribusiness industry to expand in the Cerrado.” Special Report: Appetite for destruction - Soy boom devours... 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z According to Global Witness, last year saw a record 207 indigenous activists killed from India to Honduras while resisting mining and, above all, agribusiness industries. While Trump tweets about white farmers, indigenous peoples face annihilation | Raj Patel 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Farm Belt, the balance of power is swinging away from multibillion-dollar agribusinesses. Firms That Bossed Agriculture for a Century Face New Threat: Farmers 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z His was the first case filed by a cancer patient against the agribusiness giant to reach trial. Jury awards $289M to man who blames Roundup for cancer 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z In its decision Friday, the state court jury found the agribusiness giant failed to adequately warn of the risks of using Roundup. Jury backs man who claims Roundup weed killer caused cancer 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z When the state’s term limit law ended his governorship, Perdue became a managing partner is an agribusiness and founded an economic firm specializing in the global commodities trade. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Violence against activists has been met by the government of Michel Temer with a rollback of legislation protecting indigenous people and further support to agribusiness. While Trump tweets about white farmers, indigenous peoples face annihilation | Raj Patel 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Rep. David Rouzer suggested they might seek national legislation after hearing Friday from agribusiness executives and agriculture officials from North Carolina, Georgia, Delaware and Texas in Raleigh. Jury tells pork giant to pay $473.5M in nuisance lawsuit 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z North Carolina legislators reacted by adopting new barriers against nuisance lawsuits that all but eliminate the right of neighbors to sue Smithfield Foods or any other agribusiness. Jury tells pork giant to pay $473.5M in nuisance lawsuit 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The agribusiness giant posted revenue of $17.07 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. ADM: 2Q Earnings Snapshot 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z While such efforts are widely popular in rural states, some anti-spending Republicans and urban Democrats have said they unfairly prop up agribusinesses at taxpayers’ expense. White House readies plan for $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump’s escalating trade war 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The report said more activists were killed in confrontations with agribusiness rather than mining interests for the first time. Group: Land activist murders keep rising, 2017 deadliest yet 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The raw materials are tied to a number of other industries in the region, including ag processing, ag finance and agribusiness consulting. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The company said the allegations against it caused Thai agribusiness giant Betagro to drop it as a supplier. Thai court acquits migrant poultry workers of defamation 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Driven by a powerful agribusiness lobby, the bill now needs to be voted on in both houses of Congress and sanctioned by President Michel Temer before becoming law. 'Toxic garbage will be sold here': Outcry as Brazil moves to loosen pesticide laws 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Andrew Cler, an agribusiness loan officer in Penfield, Illinois, said he isn’t concerned about potential price increases from tariffs against China, as well as Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S. farm products. Trump’s New Round of Tariffs Likely Will Hit Consumers Directly 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Pagh oversees the livestock feed business at the DLG Group, an agribusiness conglomerate that supplies customers in Sweden, Germany and Denmark. Just the Fear of a Trade War Is Straining the Global Economy 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The state Senate agreed Thursday night to accept House changes to legislation spurred on by the agribusiness industry following the results of the first of nearly two dozen lawsuits filed against pork producers. Bill blocking future hog farm nuisance suits finalized 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The state Senate agreed Thursday night to accept House changes to legislation spurred on by the agribusiness industry following the results of the first of nearly two dozen lawsuits filed against pork producers. Bill blocking future hog farm nuisance suits finalized 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Supporters say sharply restricting nuisance lawsuits against agribusinesses will keep alive rural towns that turned to livestock after the tobacco and textile collapsed. No. 2 hog state moves to greatly help agribusiness in suits 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z That has made it easier for tribes looking to cash in on an agribusiness boom, turning their coveted savannah into fertile farmland with the know-how of white farmers. Brazilian tribes fined for GMO soy crops on reservations 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z But their “no” votes, in combination with united Democratic opposition, prevented Ryan from passing a measure that was designed primarily to benefit corporate agribusiness. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z McMaster’s campaign says the coalition represents the significance of South Carolina’s agribusiness industry, which includes agriculture and forestry. Dozens of farmers announce support for SC Gov McMaster 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z It would be replaced by greener industries, such as agribusiness, he says. Colombians hope for change in the first post-war presidential election 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Some of the big agribusinesses have been convicted for unauthorised water use and water misappropriation. Chilean villagers claim British appetite for avocados is draining region dry 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Although the number of people directly employed by farming is currently less than 2% in the UK, the food chain now includes the agribusiness companies, the retailers, and the entertainment sector. What is the true cost of eating meat? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Media neglect allows Ryan’s allies - lobbyists for corporate agribusiness and fossil fuel interests - to exercise undue influence. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z In 2016, agribusiness saw two cents of every food dollar, according to USDA. Analysis | Why farmers only get 7.8 cents of every dollar Americans spend on food 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Bunge does not disclose specific figures for its trading operation, which is a part of the larger agribusiness unit that also includes oilseeds and grain processing. Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Macon County, Ill. — home of Decatur, “the pride of the prairie”— was an agribusiness hub and steel town that also housed mammoth production facilities for the likes of Caterpillar and Firestone Tire and Rubber. Lessons From Rust-Belt Cities That Kept Their Sheen 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z “We have had near record dry weather across some parts of the country and as a result many will dry plant,” said Phin Ziebell, an agribusiness economist at National Australia Bank. Australian wheat farmers plant in dust bowl and pray for rain 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The academic naysayers quoted in the article could well be part of that agribusiness lobby. Can Dirt Save the Earth? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z "A lot of African American, Latino, Asian students felt they were perpetrating a fraud," said MacDougall, who has been teaching in the university's agribusiness department for about two decades. Racist fliers spark outrage at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z She graduated from MidAmerica in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and agribusiness and then set off to join the military, the university said on Wednesday. Southwest Pilot of Flight 1380 Is Navy Veteran Hailed for Her ‘Nerves of Steel’ 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The New Mexico native graduated university with degrees in biology and agribusiness before joining the US Navy. Southwest pilot praised for landing jet 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Araújo and other senior members of the church, meanwhile, allegedly built a $30 million agribusiness empire while surrounding themselves with luxury. This Brazilian pastor said he was saving souls. Police say he ran a slave-labor ring. 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Others - amusement parks, zoos, museums and agribusinesses such as wineries - are allowed on the signs. Getting featured on interstate logo signs is tricky business 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The project — known as California WaterFix — is fundamentally an attempt to maintain a robust level of deliveries to San Joaquin Valley agribusiness and Southern California cities. Southern California water agency votes to fund construction of two delta tunnels 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z American Rivers also claims the flood waters would be redirected away from large agribusiness to less prosperous communities downstream, causing poorer communities to flood. Mississippi River tributary deemed ‘most endangered’ river 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Money has been a major sticking point for the much-debated project, which is intended to sustain water deliveries to San Joaquin Valley agribusiness and urban Southern California. Metropolitan Water District backs away from plan to finance both delta tunnels 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z |
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