Coffee exporters struggle to find ships for Brazil bumper crop
SAO PAULO/NEW YORK — Brazilian coffee exporters are struggling to find shipping capacity to transport a bumper crop from the world’s top producer, which could result in supply delays to roasters worldwide.
US farm aid plan details to be disclosed Monday
SCHODACK LANDING, N.Y. — US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Thursday that details of a planned $12 billion aid package for US farmers hurt by the Trump administration’s trade wars will be disclosed on Monday.
Youth, cooperatives seen key to bringing technology into agriculture
DAVAO CITY — Tapping the youth, especially farmers’ children, and cooperatives are considered critical to infusing digital technology into Mindanao’s agriculture sector for higher productivity and improved field-to-market operations.
Seed firm targets indigenous peoples for knowledge transfer
VEGETABLE seed producer and supplier East-West Seed Co., Inc. (EWS) said its Knowledge Transfer program is being positioned for the use of indigenous peoples and smallholders.
Tawi-Tawi town gets P20 million from PRDP for seaweed project
DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) has allocated about P20 million for the development of the marine industry in a town in the island province of Tawi-Tawi.
US seed sellers push for limits on Monsanto, BASF weed killer
CHICAGO -- America’s two biggest independent seed sellers, Beck’s Hybrids and Stine Seed, told Reuters they are pushing US environmental regulators to bar farmers from spraying dicamba weed killer during upcoming summers in a potential blow to Bayer AG’s Monsanto Co.
PhilMech hoping to bring improved palay dryer to market
THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) expects to commercialize its Fluidized Bed Dryer mainly for rice farmers within the year.
Canada to phase out crop chemicals linked to bee deaths
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- The Canadian government said on Wednesday it would move to restrict use of two types of crop chemicals that have been linked to deaths of aquatic insects and bees, in a victory for environmentalists and the latest setback for companies that sell the pesticides.
France’s Tereos expels three members amid strategy row
PARIS -- France’s Tereos, one of the world’s largest sugar makers, has expelled three cooperative members it accuses of damaging its reputation in a row over the group’s push to diversify.
Agriculture dep’t maintains 4% farm output growth target
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is sticking with the official 4% growth target for farm production output in 2018 despite the first-half growth rate of 0.58%.
China expects agricultural imports from US to fall sharply on trade retaliation
BEIJING -- China’s imports of U.S. agricultural products will fall sharply once Beijing implements retaliatory trade measures and the country is able to cover its demand for cooking oil and animal feed, vice agriculture minister Han Jun said on Friday.
DA to allow imports of galunggong for direct sale to market
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) and the fisheries industry agreed on Friday to allow the importation of round scad, or galunggong, as the closed fishing season nears.