The European Parliament and EU Member States have reached a political agreement on the use of “new genomic techniques” (NGTs) in the agri-food sector, the Danish presidency of the council confirmed on Thursday. The deal paves the way for a new regulatory framework governing how these technologies may be used to develop more resilient and sustainable plant varieties.
A new federal crop insurance rule that drops buy-up option coverage for prevented planting insurance will be “bad news for North Dakota farmers,” according to North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne.
Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment reports that the northern region aims to plant 400,000–410,000 hectares of winter crops, with an estimated output of 4.8–5 million tonnes.
The state government launched the $20 million Aquaculture Industry Development Program on Monday, aiming to strengthen and expand the seafood industry’s economic contribution to NSW.
Inaugural Appeal focuses on cost-effective agricultural solutions that link urgent needs with long-term resilience.
Farmers in southern India are under pressure as a recent storm has severely damaged their crops.
According to the Agriculture Department, Mamit district, which shares borders with Bangladesh and Tripura, was the worst hit.
The storm that hit western Valle Medio in Argentina on Sunday threatened the cherry harvest. Hail covered roughly 30 kilometers from Chelforó to near Chimpay, with a width of 3 to 4 kilometers, according to producers' reports.
Swedish wind technology developer SeaTwirl has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed global industrial supplier to conduct a feasibility study on the electrification of fish farms in Chile.
At the December 2 government meeting, Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov revealed major projects to be implemented in the country’s agro-industrial sector in near future, Qazinform News Agency reports.
Yeongcheon City announced that it will hold a completion ceremony for the Subtropical Smart Farm Complex on December 12, and will open the entire research greenhouse to the public for this occasion.
Farmers across Jamaica, especially those in hurricane-ravaged parishes, are now receiving a lifeline as the Seeds of Hope Project prepares seedlings for distribution.
Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry has deployed food and essential supplies for communities hit by floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said on Tuesday.
Agtech business Arevo is launching a new crop nutrition system to reduce the dependency on mineral fertilisers, claiming it provides growers with more predictable and consistent crop yields.
The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands, and Irrigation, has planned to implement an expedited compensation process as instructed by the subject Minister, for crop damages caused by Cyclone Ditwah and floods that affected all 25 districts of the island.
The Philippines could lose critical progress in the development of two flagship genetically engineered (GE) crops after a court ruling that suspended their commercial release is still under evaluation, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).