03.04.2025

Nigeria - Kwara govt launches $57.2m livestock project for agricultural transformation

The Kwara State government has embarked on an agricultural transformation initiative aimed at boosting livestock production and promoting rural development.

03.04.2025

USA - Maryland Senate OKs $100M Cut to Land Preservation Programs

The Maryland Senate approved a budget on April 1 thatslashes the state’s land preservation programs.

02.04.2025

Canada - Manitoba Pledges $150M in Agriculture Support

The Manitoba government is providing more than $150 million to support farmers, including $10 million to match federal AgriStability funding.

02.04.2025

Australia - Yumbah advances towards acquisition of Clean Seas

Port Lincoln, Australia-based vertically integrated shellfish producer Yumbah Aquaculture is making progress in its attempt to acquire Eyre Peninsula, Australia-based aquaculture company Clean Seas.

02.04.2025

Paraguay and Taiwan explore the incorporation of AI in agricultural production

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Paraguay and the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) are exploring opportunities to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) in agricultural production, focusing on aquaculture and orchid cultivation.

02.04.2025

UK - Hayes reintroduces bill to improve crop insurance access for small farms

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined other congressmen and congresswomen to reintroduce the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2025, which aims to improve the farm safety net and expand federal crop insurance.

02.04.2025

Nigeria - Livestock productivity project to establish 20 veterinary hospitals with $500 million funding to improve animal healthcare

The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) is set to establish and equip 20 model veterinary hospitals across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones with $500M funding to improve the quality of animal healthcare.

02.04.2025

Failing crop insurance proves costly for vulnerable Indian farmers

As climate change disrupts agriculture, small and marginal farmers pay high premiums but struggle with delayed, inadequate payouts.

01.04.2025

Australian outback swamped by year’s rain in a week, devastates livestock, infrastructure

Around 100,000 cattle and sheep are dead or missing due to flooding from 500 millimetres of rain in an area the size of Texas.

01.04.2025

India - Govt scraps its ambitious ₹1 crop insurance scheme

Maharashtra government ends ₹1 crop insurance scheme due to irregularities, saving ₹7,000 crore amid fiscal deficit, plans new scheme for kharif season.

01.04.2025

Philippine startup develops AI tool to mitigate crop loss

A student-developed mobile app in the Philippines aims to reduce agricultural losses using AI-powered farm risk monitoring.

01.04.2025

India - Darjeeling tea industry stares at crop loss for premium first flush tea due to weather vagaries

The Darjeeling tea industry, which has already been reeling under financial crisis, is now staring at a crop loss for its premium first flush tea due to vagaries of the weather.

01.04.2025

USA - Bill introduced to make feral swine eradication program permanent

U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Katie Britt (R-AL) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) have introduced theFeral Swine Eradication Act, which would extend and make permanent apilot programto safeguard public health, agriculture and local ecosystems against the threat of feral swine.

31.03.2025

USA - Pritzker moves to slash cover crop funds despite rising demand

When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or discussed. Faculty often told their young farming students to put all their faith in commercial fertilizers.

31.03.2025

Pakistan - Swat fruits, crops production may face 70-80pc loss due to untimely rain, heavy hailstorm

This severe weather event highlights the vulnerability of agricultural regions to climate change and extreme weather patterns.

31.03.2025

EU urged to provide guarantee to Irish livestock exporters

An Irish MEP has urged the EU to provide a guarantee to Irish livestock exporters that they will continue to have full access to the Single Market as they discuss animal welfare concerns in Brussels.