Argentina’s next move to increase exports involves implanting microchips in cattle
ARGENTINA’S push to ramp up agriculture exports is moving to a new frontier: micro-chipped cows.
For the first time, the nation’s government will work to...
Plastic film covering 12% of farmland in China pollutes soil
CHINA will expand its agricultural use of environment-damaging plastic film to boost crop production even as authorities try to curb soil pollution, a government...
Harvey floodwaters threaten 1.2 million cows in US southwest
A DELUGE of rain from Hurricane Harvey is soaking Texas pastures, leaving some cattle stranded in floodwater in the state that leads the US...
Diet guidelines biased vs poor nations — study
WIDELY PROMOTED guidelines to reduce fat intake could be unhealthy for people in low- and middle-income countries whose diets are already too starchy, researchers...
Better use of water key to Middle East’s future — WB
POLITICAL STABILITY and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa could hinge on better management of scarce water resources, the World Bank...
Egg scare costs Dutch poultry farmers €33M
EUROPE’S contaminated egg scare has cost Dutch poultry farmers at least €33 million ($39 million), according to a preliminary estimate by the government.
The scare,...
France faces worst wine harvest in post-war period
FRANCE faces its poorest wine harvest since 1945 after an unusually mild March and frosty April, experts said Friday, although a hot summer promises...
Fisheries output decline narrows in Q2 — PSA
TOTAL FISHERIES production declined year on year in the second quarter, according to a report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
According to PSA’s second...
Agri drives fastest Thai economic expansion in more than 4 years
THAILAND’S economy grew at the fastest pace in more than four years, led by a surge in farming output and tourism.
Gross domestic product rose...
Wild times as Madagascar rides vanilla price bubble
HIT by rampant speculation and a collapse in production following cyclone Enawo, the price of vanilla — Madagascar’s largest export — has surged in...
GM eggplant completes latest field trials
By Carmencita A. Carillo
Correspondent
DAVAO CITY -- Proponents of the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) eggplant are a step closer towards commercializing what they hope to be...
Rice self-sufficiency seen doable by 2019, DA’s Piñol says
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said its rice-self-sufficiency target may be achieved in 2019, a year earlier than its initial timetable.
“If we are able...