ATISCO eyes 10,000-ha Marawi abaca plantation
DAVAO CITY -- Agri-Tech Integrated Services Company (ATISCO), a subsidiary of Yazaki Torres Corp., is planning to develop 10,000 hectares (ha) of abaca farms...
More mechanization needed amid dwindling farm workers — DA
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for further farm mechanization to improve work conditions and output, as a response to the decrease in...
China hog prices plunge after farm building boom
BEIJING — Chinese pig prices hit their lowest in nearly four years this week, plunging farmers in the world’s top pork market into the...
China says US soybeans ‘prime target’ over tariffs
CHICAGO — Chinese officials have said US soybeans are a prime target for retaliation against tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on steel and...
Australia can’t capitalize on record wool prices due to shortage of shearers
SYDNEY — Sheep farmers in rural Australia waited more than half a century for wool prices to come roaring back, only to find there...
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...