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...
Americans to eat record amount in 2018
FOR ALL THE BUZZ about pea protein and lab-grown burgers, Americans are set to eat more meat in 2018 than ever before.
To be precise,...
Fukushima looks to top-tier sake to beat stigma, lift economy
IN AN AREA OF JAPAN still decimated by a nuclear disaster, sake is giving cause for hope.
For the past five years, the sake brewers...