#Farmers

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_Imogenius

Apparently NZ needs 50-odd people a year to fly in and drive combine harvestors - can we not train 50 people IN NEW ZEALAND - what's wrong with us??? (Plus,

Matt Clancy

mattsclancy

Happy Thanksgiving! Let's talk corn. In 2016, the NYTimes presenting the following figure to argue that the introduction of genetically engineered (GE) corn did not increase crop yields! Can this

Narendra Modi

narendramodi

This morning, had an extremely fruitful interaction with @sundarpichai. We spoke on a wide range of subjects, particularly leveraging the power of technology to transform the lives of India’s farmers,

KB

lagopusscoticus

For all those who think because livestock are ultimately slaughtered & don’t live out their days in sunlit fields farmers should be hardened to death & in particular #bTB losses.

Untapped Growth

untappedgrowth

Hey Virginia peeps, do any of you know someone with a small tractor & rotary mower near Suffolk VA that I could favor swap with for getting 20 acres mowed

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borie_nla

Modular Chicken Processing and production , 1,000 birds daily . Staff strength 3 . Defeathering to evisceration and packing takes 10 minutes , can be preloaded on a flatbed or

Caroline Stocks

Caroline_Stocks

Fairly damning report from the Washington Post today. BUT (thread on its way...)https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/10/farm-pollution-deaths/ For me this highlights the challenge of discussing animal ag’s long-term

Thomas Massie

RepThomasMassie

(1/5) Livestock farmers are numerous and robust, but the factories that process most of the meat are not. The supply lines are brittle and breaking.For several years, a politically diverse

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sarnchos

I was discussing with my friend @Kolafolorunsho today in akureHe described how farming called him, despite studying medical sciences in University.I have the same story. I studied architectureHis granddad was

James Wong

Botanygeek

Every day I read tweets about how terrible the modern food supply is.Yet before its advent, right now was a time of the year called the ‘hungry gap’, where winter

Guillermo D. Olmo BBC

BBCgolmo

As coronavirus spreads across Latin America, Venezuelan authorities have reported very few cases so far (167 confirmed, 9 deaths). Some people, including the Venezuelan opposition, dispute the figures. Thread follows.

Holly Cairns TD

HollyCairnsTD

Today, I helped out at the new @NeighbourFoodIE Food Hub in Skibbereen. Now that the farmers markets have been closed, people still need their fresh local food and want to

Stephen Webber

s_webber

With that the Chinese Communist Party gained control of a significant portion of America’s food supply.The technology they obtained in the sale allowed them to “leapfrog” just as the CCP

Hannah Malcolm

hannahmmalcolm

Today is the 1st of 3 #rogation days! We pray for good weather and acknowledge our dependence on good harvests and human labour, regardless of how far removed we imagine

Daniel Hickey

Austolypin

Long Thread 1/ I just got round to reading the superb essay ‘Losing the Farm’ by @gabriellechan in the Summer 2019 edition of @Meanjin published by @Greenj. Like “Rusted Off”,

James Murray

James_BG

This past week has provided a really uncomfortable snapshot of what climate impacts, resilience, and adaptation actually means. We've seen... Bridges closing because of extreme heat:https://twitter.com/LBRUT/status/1293938346851536897 C