37th Georgia National Fair and Sterile Fly Plant Stench
From the Western Ag Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**The 37th Annual Georgia National Fair kicked off Oct. 8 with the opening ceremony in Reaves Arena featuring members of the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Livestock Ambassador Team.
Speaking at the ceremony, according to
www.morningagclips.com, were Georgia Ag Expo Chairman Foster Rhodes, Georgia Livestock Legacy Secretary Caroline Lewallen and Gov. Brian Kemp.
Georgia Ag Commissioner Tyler Harper cut the ribbon to declare this year’s fair open.
www.gfb.org/news/ag-news/post/georgia-national-fair-celebrates-youth-ag-century-farms-rural-medicine
**Residents in Metapa de Dominguez (meh-TAH-pah deh doh-
MEEN-gez), Mexico, are demanding the closure of a sterile-fly production plant, complaining that a strong, rotten-meat odor is disrupting daily life as it spreads across town, causes nausea, and reaches schools near the facility.
Protesters are asking authorities to address the problem, particularly for children and elderly residents.
Reuters said the plant opened in June as part of a U.S.-Mexican effort to combat New World Screwworm.
**European agriculture risks falling further behind major global competitors unless farmers gain faster access to new technologies, according to a report commissioned by Bayer.
Analysis by Oxford Economics found crop production in the European Union grew just 0.1% annually from 2011 through 2023.
Growth in the United Kingdom was flat, compared with 1% in the U.S. and 2% globally.
The report shows rising input costs and climate-related losses are adding pressure.
