Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah demanding urgent action to provide crop relief to farmers across Karnataka who have suffered repeated losses due to excessive rainfall over the past two years.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture collected 546,431 pounds of unwanted pesticides across 12 counties during collection events this year. Since 2005, the Agricultural Abandoned Pesticide Program has overseen the collection and disposal of 6,967,301 pounds of unwanted pesticides across the state.
Since the General Authority for Veterinary Services launched the national campaign to vaccinate livestock against foot-and-mouth disease and Rift Valley fever last October, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced that more than 6.5 million vaccine doses have been administered nationwide.
Facing a fast-building pest threat that could devastate local melon fields, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved extending an emergency declaration to combat the sweetpotato whitefly.
Tate & Lyle has expanded its regenerative agriculture programme into Europe, working with corn suppliers in France to embed more sustainable farming practices.
The federal government has unveiled the National Digital Farmers Registry (NDFR) collaborative knowledge-exchange platform aimed at building a unified, efficient and secure digital agriculture ecosystem.
Over the past fortnight, KwaZulu-Natal has endured relentless heavy rainfall and widespread flooding, with towns across the province reporting significant storm damage.
Wild animal attack now recognised as localised risk; Paddy inundation reintroduced under localised calamity.
Agricultural insurance in crisis leaves farmers unprotected; lack of resources in the Rural Insurance Program and climate risks put pressure on agriculture.
Auckland, New Zealand-based water utility firm Watercare has paid out NZD 1 million (USD 560,000, EUR 485,000) to oyster farmers operating in Mahurangi Harbor on the nation’s North Island in response to a wastewater overflow incident that occurred in late October.
Saai has instructed our attorneys to direct a letter of demand to the Minister of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture and the Registrar of Act 36 in which we demand urgent remedial action from the state.
Scotland’s agriculture extension system is highly integrated, from education of farmers to research and events — a stark contrast to Canada’s fragmented system of farmer information.
Farmers and fishers affected by typhoons “Tino” and “Uwan” can now avail of compensation from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC), which has set aside an initial P571.3 million to accelerate their recovery.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has announced the commencement of payments to farmers under the 2025 Multi-Species Sward and Red Clover Silage Measures.
California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows.
A new study from The University of Western Australia reveals that grain growers in Western Australia are increasingly employing on-farm storage, mobile freight capacity and tactical delivery scheduling to manage rising harvest bottlenecks.