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12.11.2024

USA - Sonoma County measure to ban animal farms reveals public lack of agriculture knowledge

As of Monday, 85.3% of Sonoma County voters have rejected Measure J, an initiative that would have banned or downsized an estimated 21 animal farms in Sonoma County.

12.11.2024

Indian wheat prices hit record high due to strong demand, supply crunch

Indian wheat prices have jumped to a record high due to strong demand, limited supplies, and a delay in the government releasing stocks from its warehouses to augment supplies, industry officials said on Tuesday.

12.11.2024

French Farmers Rally Against Mercosur Trade Deal: A Fight for Future of Agriculture

French farmers are protesting a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc, arguing it threatens their livelihoods by allowing imports produced under lower standards.

12.11.2024

Indonesia - Ministry Of Agriculture Prepares 1.5 Million Hectares Of Land For Cattle Farm Investors

The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) has prepared an area of 1.5 million hectares (ha) for domestic and foreign investors who are willing to build cattle farms. The farm is for the development of the local dairy industry.

12.11.2024

Netherlands - Agriculture giants snatching up farms out from under gov't buyout scheme

Agricultural giants like Van Drie and Klaremelk are buying up farms on the Veluwe, including from farmers who were negotiating with the government to close down their businesses.

12.11.2024

China - AI-powered model enhances rice lodging detection for improved agricultural outcomes

By leveraging advanced convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture and intelligent optimization algorithms, an AI-powered model significantly surpasses conventional techniques, offering enhanced accuracy and reduced computational costs.

11.11.2024

US envoy launches Climate-Smart Agriculture programme to aid Pakistani farmers

US Ambassador Donald Blome on Monday inaugurated a five-year Climate-Smart Agriculture initiative at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), aimed at equipping Pakistani farmers with sustainable methods to address climate challenges and improve crop resilience.

11.11.2024

Philippines farm, fisheries production down by 3.7% in third quarter

The countrys farm and fisheries production value went down by 3.7% year-on-year to P397.43 billion for the third quarter, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.

11.11.2024

Fresh typhoon hits northern Philippines as crop damage rises

A tropical storm that strengthened over the weekend made landfall as a typhoon in the northern Philippines, as the country grapples with millions of dollars in crop damage from a series of relentless cyclones this year.

11.11.2024

Montenegro - Citrus fruit producers in Ulcinj suffered a lot of damage: Blight and flies cut the crop in half

There are practically no fruits on about 180 mandarin trees, out of a total of about 300.000, claims the president of the Agrumi Ulcinj Association, Franjo Maković.

11.11.2024

India - Haryana Agriculture Minister Shyam Singh Rana Confirms Adequate DAP Supply for Farmers

Haryana Agriculture Minister Shyam Singh Rana assured farmers that the supply of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser in the state is sufficient and continuous.

11.11.2024

Sea Forest strikes deal to bring livestock methane-busting seaweed supplements to East Africa

Tasmania-basedSea Forest, one of a flurry of startups producing feed supplements fromAsparagopsisseaweed to curb livestock methane emissions, has teamed up with Uganda-based agtech coNileOrbital Aerospaceto feed its wares to cattle in East Africa.

10.11.2024

India - Fatehabad farmers seek relief for crop loss due to 'poor quality' pesticide

On Friday, under the leadership of Bharatiya Kisan Ekta (BKE) president Lakhwinder Singh Aulakh and Pagri Sambhal Jattas Mandeep Nathwan, a group of farmers, met the District Commissioner and SP of Fatehabad.

10.11.2024

Floods in Yemen damage almost all agricultural lands devastating farms and crops

Floods that recently hit Yemen have damaged approximately 85% of agricultural land, resulting in crop loss and livelihood destruction, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said in a factsheet on the humanitarian situation in the country, Azernews reports via AlArabia.

10.11.2024

India - Wild elephants wreak havoc on crops in Ainekidu, Ubaradka

Wild elephants raided farms in Ainekidu, Kadaba taluk, and Ubaradka, Mittur village on Friday night, causing significant damage to crops and infrastructure.

10.11.2024

Georgian Agriculture Minister highlights development of viticulture, winemaking as Ministry’s "main priority"

Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said promoting the development of viticulture and winemaking in the country was one of the main priorities of the Ministry while visiting a wine cellar in the village of Gveso in western Georgias Tsageri Municipality.

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