Florida orange industry hit by hurricane, disease
HIT by Hurricane Irma and a citrus ailment known as “Yellow Dragon Disease,” Florida orange growers are bracing for potentially the worst harvest in...
Russia eyes Saudi wheat market dominated by European suppliers
MOSCOW is lobbying Saudi Arabia to open its rapidly growing market to Russian wheat, giving it another destination to offload a record harvest and...
‘Chocolate capital’ title for Davao City pushed in Senate
DAVAO CITY — The Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao (CIDAMI) has asked Senator Cynthia A. Villar, who chairs the Senate committee on agriculture...
Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet this year
FIERCE HURRICANES, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening...
Belgian company in talks to buy US fruit giant Dole
BELGIAN FRUIT and vegetable company Greenyard said Tuesday it was in advanced negotiations to buy US giant Dole, one of the world’s leading producers...
California may usurp Florida as US orange king
IT’S BEEN A miserable few years for Florida’s orange crop. And now to add insult to injury, California is gearing up to steal the...
Villar urges more extensive coconut-cacao intercropping
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and cacao industry stakeholders should strengthen links to maximize the potential of existing coconut farms for...
Coffee glut’s fate hinges on whether growers keep products from market
HOANG THI THOM, a coffee grower in no. 2 producer Vietnam, isn’t keen to sell this year’s harvest.
With prices for the robusta coffee she...
Meat taxes seen joining carbon, sugar to help curb emissions
MOVE OVER, taxes on carbon and sugar: the global levy that may be next is meat.
Some investors are betting governments around the world will...
Davao expands partnership with Japanese city to agri ventures
DAVAO CITY — Davao and its Japanese sister city Kitakyushu will be exploring cooperation in agribusiness, particularly in cacao and eel farming, as an...
Australia stung by NZ bid to register manuka honey brand
MANUKA honey’s much-hyped healing properties have proved a money-spinner for beekeepers in Australia and New Zealand, but a push to trademark its name has...
La Niña pattern forms in tropical Pacific Ocean, Australia says
A WEAK La Niña weather pattern has formed in the Pacific Ocean, Australia’s weather bureau declared, and the event may bring wet weather to...