Sentences with phrase «as farmers struggle»

As farmers struggle to keep up with soaring demand for grain and soybeans, this ratcheting upward of food prices ensures that many of the 219,000 new guests at the global dinner table each night are facing empty plates.

The storm confronting Keely and his family feels like it has reached gale - force levels: as farmers struggle with the fall - out of an unprecedented, late - in - the - season 15 per cent drop in the milk price and demand politicians deliver an industry fighting fund, the largest processor and price - setter Murray Goulburn was hit with a class action and an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation.

WELLINGTON — Milk collection across New Zealand was slightly lower in the 11 months to April 30 as farmers struggled to weather a severe drought early this year, New Zealand dairy company Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd. (FCG.NZ) said Wednesday.

Not exact matches

NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

As the U.S. slid into the Great Depression, two members of Congress introduced a bill whose goal was to protect struggling American farmers by raising tariffs on agricultural imports.

The list becomes longer every day: the landless farmers in Brazil, salaried workers and the unemployed in some European countries, trade unions uniting the vast majority of salaried workers (such as in Korea or South Africa), the young and students encouraging the people of the towns (like in Indonesia), all are involved in the struggle.

In addition to our struggles as women farmers, we heard many organisations share that women are leading the way in saving seeds and preserving genetic diversity in agriculture across our region.

The legal actions come as the spotlight continues to shine on the dairy industry and plight of farmers, many of who are struggling to survive.

As the nation's dairy farmers struggle through their fourth year of depressed milk prices, concerns are rising that many are becoming depressed themselves.

A new milk brand will launch this week in Victorian supermarkets to raise funds for struggling dairy farmers in south eastern Australia, as pressure mounts on retailers and processors to pay more for milk.

With juice consumption on the decline and a few bumper - crop years, New York's grape farmers are struggling, trying to come up with alternatives beyond juice, such as fruit jerky or a new brandy.

«The DAIRY Act will give the New York dairy community the boost it needs to ride the Greek yogurt wave... After years of struggle caused by the recession, I want to make sure as much of that milk as possible comes from New York and that our state's dairy farmers don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to grow their businesses.»

She says the only source of jobs is farming, and many farmers are on the financial edge as they struggle to sell products and pay high property taxes.

Just as Australian farmers have looked to Israel on how to grow crops in a desert, Australia's struggle with extreme heat and drought could serve as a case study for other nations facing similar situations under climate change.

A somber picture of the struggle against super-weeds emerged today as scientists described the relentless spread of herbicide - resistant menaces like pigweed and horseweed that shrug off powerful herbicides and have forced farmers in some areas to return to the hand - held hoes that were a mainstay of weed control a century ago.

Making matters worse, many farmers, particularly those in Africa, struggle to obtain the best seeds, fertilizers and fungicides, as well as training in their use.

The pre-harvest use of glyphosate allows farmers to harvest crops as much as two weeks earlier than they normally would, an advantage in northern, colder regions where farmers struggle to dry their crops.

As a health - conscious person for many years I assumed I didn't really struggle with eating challenges the way that many do, but taking this program I realized that I had some unhealthy behaviors including some binge eating... The weekly study offered me compassion and curiosity for my (unhealthy) eating habits and allowed me to refocus on what's important - loving my self and body, eating HIGH QUALITY ingredients, and taking more time for the whole eating process - grocery shopping (farmers markets!)

As California farms struggle amid intense drought, farmers are pressing the federal government to help solve a water crisis.

Michael Shannon stars as a morally upright but profoundly haunted farmer who struggles to provide for his family (Kodi Smit - McPhee and Elle Fanning) in a parched, inhospitable environment.

The former, headed by Henry (Jason Clarke) have decided to relocate from the city to make their living as farmers; the latter, headed by the fiercely proud Hap (Rob Morgan), toils the land for their white landlords, struggling to survive while dreaming of owning land of their own.

The Wheaten was an all - purpose working farm dog for the struggling tenant farmers, acting as a guardian of property, people and possessions, a vermin exterminator and a competent herder for flocks of sheep and even herds of cattle.

Even though the country already has lots of different varieties beyond their own traditional supplies, a recent plan to expand access to higher - yielding seed, facilitated by the United States Agency for International Development and involving Monsanto, hit a big roadblock, as was explored here not long ago («In Nepal, Farmers Struggle as City Dwellers Fight Monsanto «-RRB-.