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Hot cocoa prices bring sweet profits, danger to Ecuador producers
AFP via Yahoo Finance· 5 hours agoJulia Avellan had been tempted to quit the cocoa business before prices unexpectedly exploded on the...
US ambassador visits conflict-ridden Mexican state to expedite avocado inspections
AOL· 4 hours agoU.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar praised Mexico’s effort protect U.S. agricultural inspectors in the conflict-ridden state of Michoacan on Monday, a week after the U.S. suspended avocado and mango ...
Corn growers join lawsuit against EPA for emissions mandates
The Center Square· 6 days agoThe EPA finalized new rules for models of semi-trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles released...
Mexico, US officials agree on security plan to protect avocado inspectors
Reuters· 15 hours agoAvocados, in particular, are a top Mexican farm export worth billions of dollars each year, as...
Hot Cocoa Prices Bring Sweet Profits, Danger To Ecuador Producers
International Business Times· 5 hours agoJulia Avellan had been tempted to quit the cocoa business before prices unexpectedly exploded on the...
With 50,000 shellfish planted, experts hope for a new reef off Oyster Bay
Newsday· 5 days agoOyster Bay planted 50,000 adult oysters in town waters this week as part of a national nonprofit...
Georgia peach growers have brought in a bumper crop amid booming production
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn the middle of a huge peach orchard in Hall County, Drew Echols says the family...
Farmers contend with pests, produce grows sweet
Lancaster Online· 1 hour agoAs spring rains give way to summer heat, Lancaster County farmers are managing moisture and fending off a rise of insect pests that has been particularly...
Fruit grower fined for Othello trench collapse incident
Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 18—TUMWATER — Wenatchee-based fruit company Stemilt has been fined $353,000 for safety violations that led to a worker being buried and injured in a trench collapse last fall near Othello ...
Ghana's cocoa farmers turn to smuggling as currency falls
AFP via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoGhanaian cocoa farmer Isaac Antwi says he has to smuggle his beans to Ivory Coast to sell them at a...