Farmers face up to future challenges
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Swiss farmers have warned that, while 2004 was economically stable, there are tough times ahead for a sector that is already struggling.
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The cotton industry is concerned about the discovery of a herbicide-resistant weed that spreads easily, can grow an inch a day even during droughts and could force farmers to return to older growing methods that were harsher on the environment.
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By JAMES HANNAH MARTINSVILLE, Ohio - Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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LE GRAND QUELEN, France  - Alain le Potier gazes across the wooded valley from his hilltop family farm in Brittany but, like many French farmers, his view is clouded by worries about the April-May presidential election.
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By Dan Buglass rural affairs editor  THE days when farmers paid scant regard to the environment and their custody of the countryside are long gone.
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Craftspeople could soon overtake farmers as the biggest contributors to the rural economy, a report says.
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With authorities promising tighter borders, some farmers who rely on immigrant labor are eyeing an emerging generation of fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors to do everything from pluck premium wine grapes to clean and core lettuce.
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The deadline is looming but farmers in the Horizons region still have time to enter the prestigious Ballance Farm Environment Awards.  Shelley Dew-Hopkins, chairwoman of the Horizons Farm Environment Awards committee, is urging farmers to give it a go.
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Extreme rains, interspersed with droughts, could spell disaster for the country's agriculture-based economy, according to research spanning five decades of data.
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By Philpott, Tom  Our flawed federal agricultural policies are long overdue for a major overhaul. Like a barnyard sow basking in the glow of attention at a county fair, the U.S.
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Traditional farmers near Bucharest discover they must invest and modernise or leave the industry, as Romania gets ready to join the EU.
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UK farming must embrace new ideas and scientific developments to survive the next few decades.
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Poor farmersâ simple methods have helped lead to millions of newly tree-covered acres in a dust-choked region.
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The worst drought in over a century has farmers averting their gaze from a future that looks as bleak as their fields.
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Federal policy is meeting Western reality on the rangelands of Idaho, where wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track livestock and protect the food supply from disease and bioterrorism.
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GUIHUA, China -- For years now, nearly half the rice, wheat and vegetable farmers in this village in Henan province have been unable to make a living off their land. They have turned instead to more profitable migrant work in large, faraway cities.
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Â· Farmers say soft fruit may be left unharvestedÂ· Fewer EU migrants seeking farm jobs