For the second year in a row, the arnica from the Vosges will not be harvested. Blame it on the hot weather and the lack of rain for over a month A sore? Quick, some arnica! But not the Vosges. The county council of the department has decided to give up picking arnica this summer because of the […]
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AGRICULTURE: As improbable as it may seem, it is in the North that the only French farm to produce camel milk is located. A rare and expensive product with impressive nutritional properties In Feignies, in the North, an animal enthusiast raises camels and dromedaries. On his farm, called La Camélerie, he is the only one in France […]
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After Corsica, an outbreak of bird flu was detected in Yvelines The first case of bird flu in France had been discovered in Corsica. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food indicates this Thursday evening that a second case of bird flu has been detected in metropolitan France, in a pet store located in Yvelines, in the Paris […]
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A farm of about 200 to 300 hens was then slaughtered after being detected of having Bird Flu, the first case in France It is the first in France. A case of bird flu was detected in Haute-Corse, causing the activation of protective measures throughout the metropolitan territory to limit the spread of this virus, harmless to humans […]
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EPIDEMIC: This bird flu virus, transmitted to poultry farms by migratory birds, is not dangerous for humans The threat of an epidemic of bird flu, harmless to humans, hangs over French agriculture. A decree places this Thursday 46 departments at “high” risk, according to a decree published this Thursday in the Official Journal. Protective measures must be taken on farms. The […]
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Humans have degraded a quarter of the Earth’s land surface and climate change is exacerbating this pressure, according to a report released on Thursday 8th August 2019. To properly feed the billions of Terrans or fight against climate change and global warming? To avoid one day facing this dilemma, it is essential to rethink land use and our […]
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The thunderstorms of Saturday 15th June 2019, have destroyed many crops in the Drôme, Isère, Ardèche and Savoie (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), say alarmed agricultural unions. The bad weather that struck Saturday 15th June 2019 the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region caused “tens of millions of euros of damage” in many farms, said Michel Joux, president of the FRSEA, the regional branch of the FNSEA, the country’s […]
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According to an unpublished study, published by Générations future Tuesday 16th April, 2019, pesticides suspected of being endocrine disruptors are present in waterways. Tuesday, April 16, 2019, an unpublished study on the presence of pesticides , suspected of being endocrine disruptors , in French rivers, was published by the association Generations futures. This new report complements previous environmental association studies of the presence of […]
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The French army will help kill some 500 wild boars at risk of being infected by African swine fever, said Friday the Minister of Agriculture Didier Guillaume on the move in the Belgian Ardennes, where 200 to 300 wild boars were infected. The outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), detected on January 9 on two wild boars […]
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Ireland will ask several million euros of special aid in Brussels if Britain leaves the European Union without a Brexit agreement, declared January 3 the Irish Minister of Agriculture. “This is about hundreds of millions,” said Michael Creed Irish Irish Daily. “Between the cattle and fisheries industries, we are talking about monumental sums,” ” he added. Emergency aid to […]
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