BRF execs barred from returning to chicken exporter
BRASILIA — Executives of major food processor BRF SA who were released by police on Friday will not be able to return to their...
Let traders import rice — FEF
THE Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) said the government needs to loosen its control over the rice trade by allowing private traders to import...
Crop insurance too focused on protecting farm lenders — PIDS
THE design of crop insurance policies is geared towards reducing the risk to farm lenders rather than protecting farmers from risk, the Philippine Institute...
China soybean buyers will cope if US trade dispute hits imports
BEIJING — Animal feed makers in China, the world’s top soybean buyer, will find ways to cope if a deepening trade dispute with the...
PRDP backs Mindanao growers with nearly P400M
DAVAO CITY -- Funding worth P398.63 million from the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) has been allocated for 84 enterprise projects covering 15 commodities...
Ghana risks 800,000 cocoa farmers’ ire with subsidies to end
THE GOVERNMENT of President Nana Akufo-Addo in Ghana will struggle to sidestep one of its most difficult decisions since coming to power a year...
Thailand held up as model for domestic-focused agriculture
THAILAND has been held up as a model for the government’s new domestic-demand focus for agriculture, with its competitive tourist industry helping boost local...
Deere raises sales forecast amid signs of farm recovery
DEERE & CO., the world’s largest farm machine maker, raised its full-year sales forecast, and there’s reason to believe that good news will keep...
Iloilo defers cacao, coffee planting project
THE Iloilo provincial government’s P10-million cacao and coffee planting project, scheduled for launch by the end of February, might be moved to a later...
Soybean rallies on supply worries amid Argentina drought
TO UNDERSTAND WHY soybean meal is the best-performing commodity so far this year, talk to Ariel Striglio, a 52-year-old farmer in Argentina’s Santa Fe...
Rail crunch leaves oil, wheat shipments stranded on Canada’s prairies
A SHORTAGE of rail cars in Canada is leaving grain and oil shipments stranded on the prairies, sending crude prices plummeting and leaving farmers...
DoT banks on farm tourism to expand visitor arrivals
By Maya M. Padillo,
Correspondent
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Tourism (DoT) is making a push for more farm tourism destinations around the country to...