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05.05.2025

Canada - Comox Valley Chamber supports Excel Career College’s AI in Aquaculture Program

The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce is proud to support the launch of Excel Career College’s AI in Aquaculture program—an innovative, 17-week, fully funded training initiative designed to prepare B.C.’s aquaculture workforce for the future.

05.05.2025

Australia - Farmers issue warning over 'dramatic' threat decimating crops: 'It's not insignificant'

Orchard owners in Australia are facing a worrying trend of birds feasting on their alreadydrought-threatened harvest, an unfortunate sign of increasinglyextreme weatherevents.

04.05.2025

USA - Auburn University Tool Predicts Investment Returns for Crop Irrigation

Alabama farmers considering investing in irrigation equipment will soon have a free, comprehensive online tool to help them decide. A new prediction model will combine weather and economic data to determine if the investment will pay dividends—or cost more than it’s worth.

04.05.2025

Philippines - Crop insurer seeks 25-year extension of charter

The Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) will seek an extension of its charter by another 25 years once the 20th Congress starts, its top official said.

04.05.2025

USA - Heavy rains, flooding disrupt early momentum for Arkansas rice crop

The planting season for the rice crop in the state of Arkansas got off to a roaring start. Then, the rains and floods came.

04.05.2025

Hungarian farmers struggling to plant seeds in bone-dry soil; agriculture on the brink of collapse amid desert-like conditions

The southern regions of the Great Hungarian Plain, one of the country’s breadbaskets, have been struggling with extremely low precipitation for a decade.

04.05.2025

Regenerative Agriculture Summit Europe returns to Amsterdam

As regulatory pressure intensifies, climate risks accelerate and market demands evolve – regenerative agriculture is no longer optional; it’s a business necessity.

04.05.2025

India - How fraud and bogus claims forced Maharashtra to abandon its Re 1 crop insurance scheme

With insurance virtually free, lakhs of people rushed to make claims on non-existent crops on land that was often not even used for farming. The 2023 experiment has failed, the government now admits.

01.05.2025

Philippines - PCIC seeking P1-b budget increase for farmers insurance

The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) is pushing for a P1 billion increase in its 2026 budget to expand insurance coverage for farmers.

01.05.2025

USA - APHIS awards $15.3M to fight livestock diseases

In April,the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announcedthe awarding of more than $15.3 million to projects that will strengthen prevention, preparedness, early detection, and rapid response to the most damaging diseases threatening U.S. livestock.

01.05.2025

Mexico lifts restrictions to aid U.S. screwworm eradication efforts

Mexico has agreed to lift restrictions on U.S. Department of Agriculture aircraft and waive customs duties on eradication equipment used in the fight against the deadly New World Screwworm, following a request from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.

01.05.2025

India - Mango farmers stare at losses after rain damages crop in Karnataka

The farmers claim that they are often taken advantage of by the ‘mango mandis’.

01.05.2025

From agricultural frost to drought: Türkiye's growing crisis

Türkiye faces increasing climate disasters, with frost, drought and temperature shifts threatening agriculture.

01.05.2025

USA - Spinach antimicrobial peptides show promise against crop diseases in citrus and potatoes

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a new approach to countering citrus greening and potato zebra chip diseases, two economically devastating agricultural diseases in the U.S.

30.04.2025

India Sees Boom in Crop Insurance Demand Due to Climate Change

Farmers in many parts of India face wild swings in rain and heat. Extreme weather events can wash away seasonal crops, leaving rural households in trouble.

30.04.2025

Argentine Soybeans Surge Amidst Agricultural Shifts

In a significant turnaround for Argentina's agricultural sector, farmers unloaded a substantial 230,000 metric tons of soybeans in a single day, according to data released by the Rosario grains exchange.

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