‘You get the feeling that farmers are not wanted in Germany. They want to abolish us’, says Katrin. She’s a young German farmer who, along with her family, 30,000 other people and 5,000 tractors, descended on Berlin on Monday, capping off a week of nationwide demonstrations that blocked roads, brought life to a standstill and […]
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US farmers can now fix their own John Deere equipment
Tractor maker John Deere has agreed to give its US customers the right to fix their own equipment. Previously, farmers were only allowed to use authorised parts and service facilities rather than cheaper independent repair options. Deere and Co. is one of the world’s largest makers farming equipment. Consumer groups have for years been calling […]
New John Deere Robot Tractors Plow Day and Night With No One in the Cab
John Deere, the world’s largest farming implements producer, just unveiled a self-driving tractor to plow America’s acreage by day or night without a driver. Unveiled at the Consumer Technology Association (CES) convention 2022 in Las Vegas, John Deere have said that the 8R autonomous tractor will “enable farmers to place seeds, spread nutrients, and harvest […]
U.S. farmers worried about planting more because of Russia’s Ukraine war
Higher wheat prices should make farmers like Nicole Berg, the owner of a 21,000 acre farm in Washington state, happy. But the costs of fuel and fertilizer are eating into her profits. “The issue we’re having right now is that input costs are going up even more than the price of wheat,” Berg told CNBC […]
Ukraine war hits farmers as Russia cuts fertilizer supplies
Before the Ukraine conflict, farmers across the world were struggling to buy enough fertilizers, some of which more than doubled in price last year. Higher natural-gas prices hampered production of the ammonia needed for nitrogen fertilizers, while power outages at Chinese fertilizer plants and Hurricane Ida in the U.S. curtailed global production. War in Ukraine […]
River pollution puts 323m at risk from life-threatening diseases, says UN
A week before Russia’s Daldykan river was turned red by a leak from a metals plant, the UN issued a warning as chilling as it was overlooked: 323 million people are at risk from life-threatening diseases caused by the pollution of rivers and lakes. Cholera, typhoid and other deadly pathogens are increasing in more than […]