Biting insects, culicoides, do not stop at borders. This is demonstrated by the discovery of an outbreak of a new type of bluetongue (BT) in northern France. This outbreak of serotype 3, previously unknown in France, was confirmed on Monday, August 5 by health authorities in a sheep farm located in the town of Marpent … Read more
“How to talk about a crake (small migratory wading bird) ? » This strange question was recently asked to me by two friends. We are in the Drôme, 15 kilometers from Valence, on an agricultural plain dominated by fields of wheat and corn, on the Grand Laval farm. Here, since 2006, a couple of farmers, … Read more
Breeders can breathe easy. The New Zealand center-right government announced on Tuesday June 11 the abandonment of its controversial plan on the taxation of greenhouse gas emissions through the burps and farts of livestock, which did not go down at all with farmers. “The government is committed to meeting our climate change obligations, without closing … Read more
Everyone remembers the meteoric rise, during the pandemic, in the price of two-by-fours charged to consumers. This caused discontent among many forest producers, who felt deprived of their share of the profits. Good news for those in Bas-Saint-Laurent: after three years of negotiations, they have just reached an agreement on the price of softwood lumber … Read more
VSOop of warning about the seedlings. Since the fall of 2023, grain growers have been disoriented. The rains which fell continuously disrupted the calendars. Difficult to sow wheat when the tractors are stuck in the mud. At the time of the first estimates, the Ministry of Agriculture can only note this. The size of the … Read more