Big push for halal products in Gulf states

THE Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will be developing more halal food products for export to markets...

Food price slump may relieve inflation concerns at central banks worldwide

FOR ALL THE WORRY about soaring oil and metals prices fueling inflation, consumers may at least catch a break at the dinner table. Globally, food...

NFA warns against fake rice import permits

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said counterfeit rice import permits (IPs) may be circulating after the agency received reports of unauthorized parties offering them...

China dams Mekong, creating problems downstream

CAMBODIAN fisherman Sles Hiet lives at the mercy of the Mekong: a massive river that feeds tens of millions but is under threat from...

DoST touts new areas for mussel-farming expansion

THE GOVERNMENT has identified 12 areas, mostly in the Visayas and Mindanao, deemed suitable for the development of a mussel farming industry. The Philippine Council...

French beef producers cheer return to China

FRENCH BEEF producers on Tuesday hailed a deal reached by President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to end China’s 2001 embargo...

UK farm subsidies to linger after Brexit

THE British government said Thursday it will match European Union (EU) subsidies for farmers for around five years after Brexit until it puts in...

Monsanto sees profit rise on more soy planting

EVERYTHING’S pointing to another year of growth for US seed giant Monsanto. Pretax earnings in the fiscal year through August are expected to increase, the...

Quarter of land will be drier under 2°C warming

MORE THAN a quarter of Earth’s land surface will become “significantly” drier even if humanity manages to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius,...

Israel rabbis lead prayers for rain at Western Wall

MORE THAN 2,000 Jews joined Israel’s chief rabbis at Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Thursday to pray for rain as the country faces a fourth...

Sex is big business in dairy farming and focus of legal battles

SEX is big business in dairy farming, which is why a battle is brewing in the US over new technologies designed to make sure...

Cotton was 2017’s star crop; funds bullish in 2018

THE longest winning streak in two decades propelled cotton to 2017’s biggest increase among crop commodities, and hedge funds are ready for more gains...