en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/farmers/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/cubans_taste_new_kind_of_communi/ It's not new for the government to let private farmers take a crack at putting state land to good use. But this time the government is letting farmers more easily buy equipment and supplies at government stores, removing a key impediment to their success. news world 2008-04-03 08:16:47 http://www.newsique.com/world/cubans_taste_new_kind_of_communi/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23925259/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/cubans_taste_new_kind_of_communi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/police_tear-gas_farmers_in_clash/ Growing tensions in France between opponents and supporters of genetically modified crops have led to violent confrontations. Gendarmes used tear gas and batons to prevent pro-GM farmers from invading a picnic for militant opponents of genetically modi news world 2007-08-29 10:19:52 http://www.newsique.com/world/police_tear-gas_farmers_in_clash/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2898431.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/police_tear-gas_farmers_in_clash/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/ban_on_feeding_cows_maijuana/ Switzerland's Agriculture Ministry has called on the country's farmers to stop feeding their cows cannabis. Several recent adverts have promoted feeding hemp to farm animals even after a March 2005 law banning its use. The Agriculture Ministry has n news world 2007-02-23 09:45:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/ban_on_feeding_cows_maijuana/ Ananova http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2211071.html#1 http://www.newsique.com/sources/ananova/ 75 Funny [6] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/ban_on_feeding_cows_maijuana/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/desperate_mugabe_allows_white_fa/ President Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe, which has mounted a six-year campaign to seize white-owned farms, is beginning to allow some white farmers to return to their land as the country faces starvation and economic collapse. news world 2006-12-18 09:36:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/desperate_mugabe_allows_white_fa/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2081650.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Interesting [14] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/desperate_mugabe_allows_white_fa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/aid_cuts_for_europes_big_farmers/ The European Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, has announced plans to reduce funding for Europe's biggest farmers. Anyone currently receiving more than 100,000 euros (�71,000) as part of the Single Payment Scheme would have their aid ca news world 2007-11-20 08:24:46 http://www.newsique.com/world/aid_cuts_for_europes_big_farmers/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7103136.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/aid_cuts_for_europes_big_farmers/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/chinas_muckrakers_for_hire_deli/ Xu Xiang, a 37-year-old reporter, showed up in this Sichuan province town in December, tasked with investigating allegations that officials had forced residents off their farmland. Over two days, he interviewed farmers and local authorities, taking time t news world 2007-05-02 08:16:39 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinas_muckrakers_for_hire_deli/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050102072.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinas_muckrakers_for_hire_deli/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/livecorp_warns_live_sheep_export/ The Australian livestock export corporation has warned that any ban on live sheep exports could have a detrimental impact on south-east farmers. Animal lobby groups are calling for a ban on animal exports to Egypt, after taking footage they claim shows news world 2007-02-16 10:22:10 http://www.newsique.com/world/livecorp_warns_live_sheep_export/ ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1849722.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/abc_news/ 91 Under Rated [1] 80 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/livecorp_warns_live_sheep_export/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/as_inflation_soars_zimbabwe_econ/ For close to seven years, Zimbabwe’s economy and quality of life have been in slow, uninterrupted decline. They are still declining this year, people there say, with one notable difference: the pace is no longer so slow. Indeed, Zimbabwe’s economic news world 2007-02-08 12:39:47 http://www.newsique.com/world/as_inflation_soars_zimbabwe_econ/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/world/africa/07zimbabwe.html?ex=1328504400&en=5709ec03b6b62b0d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Important [4] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/as_inflation_soars_zimbabwe_econ/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/european_poultry_farmers_watch_f/ Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain, fearing the disease could be carried by wild birds. news world 2007-02-05 16:44:20 http://www.newsique.com/world/european_poultry_farmers_watch_f/ ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2849562&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 http://www.newsique.com/sources/abc_news/ 91 Interesting [3] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/european_poultry_farmers_watch_f/#comments