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Saturday, 23 January 2021

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Pakistan sticks to Chinese collaboration in agriculture sector

The News International 23 Jan 2021

LAHORE. Pakistan is preparing a plan to include agriculture sector projects in the Chinese-funded corridor building framework, it was learnt on Friday ... There are 10 agro-ecological zones in the country where as many as 20 types of value-added agricultural commodities can be produced, according to the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics . ....

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Pandemic relief for famers extended

The Morganton News Herald 22 Jan 2021

Department of Agriculture will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities, as well as updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program....

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Agricultural, food ETFs enjoy rally

Korea Times 22 Jan 2021

Grain produce and agriculture-related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been rallying lately as global investors shift their focus to commodities ... Reflecting the lack of supply in the agricultural produce market, prices of agricultural derivatives have been soaring....

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EU Court Says Bulgaria Can Make Knock-off Cypriot Halloumi Cheese

The National Herald 22 Jan 2021

The Cypriot producers said ... In July 2014, Cyprus applied to secure the PDO status for halloumi cheese, but the process has been stalled since over political wrangling, the site said, leaving Cypriot producers on their own in trying to protect a national commodity loved elsewhere....

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Potash mining to open a new chapter for Raj: CM

The Times of India 22 Jan 2021

JAIPUR ... The agreement will allow MECL to undertake a pre-feasibility study of potash mines in Hanumangarh where preliminary estimates of two blocks done by has found reserves of 220 million tonne ... “Rajasthan is the only state where potash has been found by GSI ... Potash is used for mainly making fertilizer and the country does not produce the commodity....

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A Love/Hate Tango – Science and Ruling Classes

People's World 22 Jan 2021

The setting is the early 1960s ... Plastics – read fossil fuels – was one of those commodities ... Everyone should continue to work, consume, and what isn’t said too loudly, produce profits ... Ruling classes like science when it can show how applied science – technology – can produce commodities, like plastics and pesticides, to make mega profits ... ... ....

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Bill Schmick | The Retired Investor: The reflation trade

The Berkshire Eagle 21 Jan 2021

And yet, wherever you look on the commodity front, we see accelerating prices in soft, as well as hard, commodities ... Inflation by mundane variables, like commodities, is usually not much of a concern ... Why produce more of something that was worth less and less? As a result, a large number of commodities are in short supply....

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What’s next for Rio Tinto’s dividend?

The Motley Fool 21 Jan 2021

RIO) is a leading producer of iron ore along with other materials. Because Rio Tinto is a commodity producer, its financials are subject to the boom/bust commodity cycle ... Given the current information on the commodity cycle, what’s ahead for the dividend? Here’s what I think....

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5 things Russia exported before gas and oil

Beijing News 21 Jan 2021

So honey and wax were the first "luxury" commodities Russian regions produced ... The vast Russian forests held innumerable bees that produced tons of honey and wax ... Historians say Russians produced millions of pounds of honey annually ... While honey exports deteriorated, other Russian commodities entered international trade....

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Govt denies RTIs on agri laws citing court hearings

Hindustan Times 21 Jan 2021

... recommended changes in the Essential Commodities Act ... The amendments have removed stock limits for agriculture produce such as onions, cereal, pulses and oilseeds from the list of essential commodities so as to remove fear of private investors of excessive regulatory interference....

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USDA offers help for farmers hurt by COVID

Reflector 21 Jan 2021

Department of Agriculture will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to compensate some producers who already applied for the program....

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Western Innovator: Family farm finds success with produce

Capital Press 21 Jan 2021

Owners Ty and Trenda Regehr transitioned their conventional commodity farm to produce production in 2015 and have learned a lot along the way. “I’ve always been intrigued with produce ... In 2014, they started a small wholesale produce venture growing winter squash on 10 acres ... Otherwise they’d end up with giant produce they can’t sell....

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Farmers meeting with Delhi police on tractor rally underway

The Telegraph India 21 Jan 2021

The farmers are vehemently opposing the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020....