Latest farming and agriculture news from around the world https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/world/ Serving agriculture since 1911 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:50:47 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://cax-wp-farmers-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2020/02/cropped-favfarmers-1-32x32.jpg Latest farming and agriculture news from around the world https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/world/ 32 32 US tariffs tarnish trees and tinsel https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/world/us-tariffs-tarnish-trees-and-tinsel/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-tariffs-tarnish-trees-and-tinsel Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:29:55 +0000 https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/?p=117922 Small-scale farmers put electric tractors to the test in pilot project 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