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Agritech startup Halter becomes New Zealand's latest unicorn in $100 million fundraise
The Economic Times
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June 23, 2025
Agri-tech startup Halter has raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, making it one of New Zealand's rare unicorns as it ramps up US expansion of its cattle management platform for dairy farmers. The Series D funding was led by tech...
Agric Renaissance: Tinubu Launches 2,000 Tractors For Mechanized Farming
New Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Share President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja declared that Nigeria’s agricultural renaissance has begun as he commissioned 2,000 tractors for nationwide deployment under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme. The commissioning...
Agriculture concerns
Dawn
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June 24, 2025
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif appears relieved that the IMF did not turn down Pakistan’s request to exempt fertilisers and pesticides from new taxes in the recently announced budget. “We had made it clear that we will not impose taxes on...
Economic development packages will create more than 300…
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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The Iowa Economic Development Authority approved funding for three projects, creating over 300 jobs and $161.1 million in investments. JBS will build a $137 million sausage plant in Perry, eventually creating 500 jobs and offsetting previous...
Farmer Focus: Agricultural support is slipping away rapidly
Farmers Weekly
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June 23, 2025
I often start by talking about the weather, so here goes: it’s very dry. That’s enough said on that. I’ll now move on to commodity prices. Well, prices are pretty poor and currently below the cost of production and sustainability, so I’ll move on...
Artificial intelligence: Report sees AI adding $3.4b to NZ economy – if we can address areas we lag
The New Zealand Herald
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June 24, 2025
It says that as a small nation, we can’t expect to compete on everything, so we should be focusing our efforts on app development in our hero sectors, such as healthcare, tourism and agriculture, and fast-tracking more data centres. It sees data...
National cannabis symposium to be facilitated by agriculture ministry in July
Dominica News Online
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June 23, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, June 23rd, 2025 at 1:47 PM The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy has announced the organization of a National Cannabis Symposium, themed “Regulatory and Economic Environment for a Viable...
Sovereign Metals’ expanded farming program boosts Malawi crop...
Proactive Australia
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June 23, 2025
Sovereign’s managing director & CEO, Frank Eagar, inspecting the yield with the local farmers Sovereign Metals Ltd (ASX:SVM, OTC:SVMLF, AIM:SVML) has reported strong results from its 2025 Conservation Farming Program in Malawi, with participating...
The Impact Of Agritourism Is Felt Beyond The Farm
PNW AG Network - Washington
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June 23, 2025
Agritourism and the economic and social opportunity it provides, the family farms and communities they serve, continues to expand. “There are large, diverse opportunities there and it really depends on your situation, your farm, and what you...
My Govt Working Hard To Make Farming More Sexy To Youths – Tinubu
Information Nigeria
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June 23, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerian youths that his administration will make farming easier and attractive for them to practice. Speaking on Monday during the launch of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme in Abuja, Tinubu...
BATN to empower Ekiti maize farmers
Punch
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June 24, 2025
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation has launched a maize micro-enterprise initiative in Oke-Ako, Ekiti State, to empower smallholder farmers and boost food security. According to a statement, the BATN foundation partnered with SwagCo...
Philippines linking rural farms to markets via steel bridges
Inquirer
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June 24, 2025
FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is undertaking a P27.7-billion program to build bridges for farms. These are for better access to agricultural products in rural areas and improve the lives of farmers and...
Long-term energy project could bring relief to California ratepayers, reclaim farmland
The Business Journal - California
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June 23, 2025
File photo published on June 23, 2025 - 4:24 PM Written by Frank Lopez A major clean energy and infrastructure project planned for California’s Central Valley could reduce electricity costs, create thousands of jobs, and breathe new life into...
France to fund P27.7-b farm bridges in PH
Manila Standard
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June 23, 2025
The Economy and Development (ED) Council approved the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) P27.7-billion Farm-to-Market Bridges Development Program (FMBDP) to be funded through official development assistance (ODA) from the French government...
Call to Prioritize California Farming Amid Environmental Controversy
AGNet West - Florida
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June 23, 2025
A Generational Crisis in the Delta Rich Kreps of Ultra Gro — a pistachio grower and board chairman of American Pistachio Growers — voiced growing frustration over how environmental narratives have long taken precedence over the needs of California...
Olam Agri Partners IDH, Arzikin Noma to Boost Soybean Production in Nigeria
This Day
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June 23, 2025
Dike Onwuamaeze Olam Agri has entered a strategic partnership with the IDH and Arzikin Noma that would empower and improve the productivity of 5,000 smallholder farmers across soybean-growing communities in Kwara State. The partnership is aimed at...
Tinubu commissions 15km A2 to Pai road, praises Wike for boosting Abuja’s rural infrastructure, agriculture
The Sun Nigeria
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June 23, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has spotlighted the critical importance of rural infrastructure development as a catalyst for economic growth and social upliftment in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), praising Minister, Nyesom Wike for his commitment to...
European energy giants lead race to build WA's first offshore wind farm
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 23, 2025
Two major European multinationals are close to being awarded feasibility licences for Western Australia's first offshore wind farm. EDF power solutions Australia — part of the French government's EDF Group — said it was behind a proposal titled...
ST, duty exemptions on imported cotton, yarn being withdrawn, Aurangzeb tells NA: Govt taking steps to support cotton farmers, industry
Business Recorder
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June 24, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb informed the National Assembly on Monday that the government has decided to withdraw sales tax and duty exemptions on imported cotton and yarn to support local cotton farmers and revive the domestic...
President Ilham Aliyev attended opening of Yevlakh pilot agricultural park VIDEO
Azertag
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June 23, 2025
Yevlakh, June 23, AZERTAC On June 23, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the inauguration of the Yevlakh pilot agricultural park. Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov briefed the head of state on the agricultural park....