USA - Farmers struggle as unexpected creatures cause massive damage: 'They're incredibly disruptive'
Georgia farmers are contending with an especially destructive species.
12.08.2025
12.08.2025
India - 78.41 crore applications insured, Rs 1.83 lakh crore claims paid under PMFBY
PMFBY covers the entire crop cycle, from pre-sowing to post-harvest, including damage during storage if caused by a notified calamity.
12.08.2025
Canada - Alberta takes steps to salvage drought-ravaged crops for livestock
The governments of Canada and Alberta have stepped up to assist Alberta farmers in dealing with the anticipated challenges of the 2025 crop year by increasing the low yield allowance.
11.08.2025
U.S. swine industry creates coalition to combat H5N1 threat
The U.S. swine industry has proactively united to combat the potential threat of H5N1 influenza, a highly pathogenic avian influenza that has impacted poultry flocks and dairy herds, humans and a few pigs on an isolated Oregon hobby farm.
11.08.2025
Canada - Low yield threshold doubled to encourage salvaging crops
Due to the dry conditions in many parts of Alberta, the low yield threshold has been doubled for 2025.
11.08.2025
Researchers use high-tech drones to combat urgent threat to food supply: 'Using sensors to detect things the human eye can't see'
In 2016, several varieties of soy, corn, cotton, and more were genetically modified to resist the effects ofdicamba, a powerful chemical herbicide.
11.08.2025
USA - Nebraska's corn expertise helps crack code in journey to revolutionize agriculture
Experts in the heart of Husker Nation are once again helping the world unravel the genetic secrets of corn — a crop that plays a pivotal role in global agriculture.
11.08.2025
Kyrgyzstan Urges Farmers to Expand Fodder Crop Cultivation
The Kyrgyz Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry has called on farmers to actively plant corn, soybeans, sorghum, and other fodder crops for animal feed.
11.08.2025
Olumide Olowe leads breakthrough in replacing antibiotics in fish farming
New study shows natural feed additives could transform aquaculture health management.
10.08.2025
India - Shivraj Chouhan to transfer ₹3,200 cr crop insurance to 3 million farmers
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will on Monday digitally transfer a crop insurance claim amount of ₹ 3,200 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to 3 million farmer beneficiaries.
10.08.2025
USA - Storm leaves wind, hail damage to homes, crops across state
Golf ball-sized hail and strong winds left a number of Powers Lake and area homes damaged and crops destroyed in a Thursday night, Aug. 7, storm described by the National Weather Service as widespread in North Dakota.
10.08.2025
India - Paddy farmers grapple with dwarf virus, seek compensation for crop loss
Weeks after a mysterious disease was first reported in Ambala’s paddy fields, farmers across Haryana’s key rice-producing districts—Karnal, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Kaithal, and Yamunanagar—are alarmed by stunted crop growth linked to the Southern Rice Black Streak Dwarf Virus (SRBSDV).
10.08.2025
U.S. Department of Agriculture to invest $152 million in rural Iowa communities
Governor Kim Reynolds was at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday for the Governor’s Charity Steer Show.
10.08.2025
USA - Rat infestation wreaks havoc on California almonds — industry suffers $300M in damage
A massive rat infestation is wreaking havoc on almond orchards across California’s San Joaquin Valley, with crop losses and infrastructure damage now estimated to exceed $300 million, according to anew reportfrom the Almond Board of California.
10.08.2025
New Zealand Announces Two Work Visas to Address Workforce Shortages in Agriculture, Forestry, Tourism and Others
n an attempt to tackle persisting labor shortages in major industries such as agriculture, forestry, and tourism, the government of New Zealand plans to unveil two new work visas for overseas workers.
07.08.2025
India - Strong winds damage fruits in Shopian, growers reiterate crop insurance demand
After facing hailstorms, crop diseases, and an extended dry spell, fruit growers in south Kashmir’s Shopian have now suffered fresh losses due to strong winds that damaged apple orchards at a critical stage of growth.