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Both Koreas suffering worst drought in a century
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Wednesday, 27 June 2012 16:00
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has dispatched soldiers to pour buckets of water on parched fields and South Korean officials have scrambled to save a rare mollusk threatened by the heat, as the worst dry spell in a century grips the Korean Peninsula.
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Tasty loot in Spain as crisis spawns crop theft
Ag News - International Ag News
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:37

By Daniel Woolls
Associated Press Writer    

SANT CLIMENT DE LLOBREGAT, Spain — Drop those cherries, you're under arrest. Crops and cops are converging along Spain's journey through economic crisis: People enduring hardship are stealing the earth's bounty from farmers to help get by from day to day.

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Wyo. organic farmer eyes Chinese market
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Tuesday, 12 June 2012 08:00

JEREMY PELZER
Casper Star-Tribune

CHEYENNE, Wyo.  — This fall, China will start importing its first-ever shipments of organic millet and wheat from the United States.
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NKorean farmers cite grave drought; aid unlikely
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Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:28
NAMPHO, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is mobilizing workers to irrigate farms and repair wells as officials report a serious drought that could worsen already critical food shortages.
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Foot-and-mouth disease spreads to Gaza Strip
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 20:04
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A U.N. agency says Egypt's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has reached neighboring Gaza Strip and could soon spread across the Middle East.
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SKorea retailers halt US beef sales over mad cow
Ag News - International Ag News
Thursday, 26 April 2012 07:37

YOUKYUNG LEE
AP Business Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea stepped up inspections of U.S. beef following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow that led two major retailers to pull the meat off the shelves. One company later reserved that decision.
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Indonesia halts US beef imports amid mad cow case
Ag News - International Ag News
Thursday, 26 April 2012 07:25

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it is suspending imports of U.S beef following the discovery of mad cow disease in an American dairy cow.

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