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Amazon Service Lets Merchants Deliver to Physical Stores
Amazon.com Inc. is offering a new service that will let its 2 million merchant partners deliver inventory directly to physical retail stores and warehouses.
California Senate votes to ban driverless trucks
The California Senate joined the state Assembly in overwhelmingly voting to ban heavy-duty driverless trucks on state highways. Whether to sign or veto the bill is now up to Gov. Gavin Newsom. The government through Newsom’s…
Daily Infographic: How much money do shipping CEOs make? Here’s their most recent pay info
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Think tank challenges ‘pro-organic bias’ at the BBC
Farmers Weekly Scientists at a sustainable farming think tank have submitted a complaint to the BBC about alleged pro-organic farming bias. Science for Sustainable Agriculture (SSA) has written to BBC director general Tim…
Lidl ‘rewards’ farmers with cost-plus egg contracts
Farmers Weekly Discount supermarket Lidl is introducing new five-year contracts, linked to the cost of production, as a way of rewarding farmers and securing its supply base. The move, which is targeted at both new and…
Stark warning as hare coursing season gets under way
Farmers Weekly Farmers and landowners are being urged to be extra vigilant in looking out for hare coursers and poachers and to report any suspicious activity. Reports of hare coursing incidents increase around September as…
Flexport founder says ousted CEO lost customer focus, spending discipline
Last week’s dismissal of Dave Clark as Flexport’s chief executive officer was prompted by his neglect of customers and freight growth to focus on expensive technology development for Amazon-like last-mile delivery,…
Make a Brain-Dump Meal Plan
Shutterstock Embrace the midpoint between “no clue what we’re eating tonight” and “on Tuesday we’re having spaghetti” This post originally appeared in the September 11, 2023 edition of The Move, a place for Eater’s editors…
Limiting concentrates fed in milking robot improves efficiency
Farmers Weekly Providing more feed outside of the milking robot reduced the amount of uneaten concentrates, which would benefit farm efficiency, according to a study involving 48 housed cows at the Agri-Food and Biosciences…
Opinion: Nutrient U-turn shows flaw in ecological approach
Farmers Weekly The government announced a staggering U-turn last week on its requirement of nutrient neutrality for new housing developments. Bemoaned by the Home Builders Federation as a “disproportionate moratorium on…
