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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
OECD: Government policies provide more than US$500 billion to farmers every year
The latest edition of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) annual Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation report has showed that the support policies implemented by the 54 countries studied -- all OECD a ...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Vietnam aims to become global farm produce processing hub
Vietnam's Prime Minister's directive has set several tasks and solutions for Vietnam to become one of the world's top 10 farm produce processing hubs, Vietnam plus reported.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
UAE's Dubai fish farm aims to fully meet salmon local demand
A fish farm in Jebel Ali, Dubai is eyeing to produce at least 10,000 tonnes of organic, locally farmed Atlantic salmon to meet the full demand of the second most eaten fish in the UAE, after hammour, reported 24emirates.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Smithfield Foods partners with Granular Insights to support sustainability in grain farming
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced on June 29 that it has partnered with Granular, a leading farm management software platform, to help growers in its grain supply chain boost farm sustainability and efficiency while improving crop yields.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Backlog on US hog farms might reach two million heads
According to three economists, as much as two million hogs are backed up on US farms because of coronavirus slowdowns and shutdowns at meatpacking plants, Successful Farming reported.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Iranian poultry farmers report feed shortage
The Iran Chicken Farmers Union said about 7,000 farmers have been affected by the low supplies and increased costs of poultry feed, the Financial Tribune Iran reported.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Myanmar Ministry of Commerce to support banks providing loans to Myanmar corn farmers
U Min Khang, chairman of the Myanmar Corn Industrial Association said an agreement was made with the Ministry of Commerce for the latter to help provide government loans or connections to banks in order to expand corn plantations, the Myanm ...
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Beef support scheme must be given to all Irish farmers
According to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA), the EUR50-million beef support scheme for beef finishers should be given to all farmers that finish cattle including dairy farmers, regardless of herd size, AgriLand repor ...
Friday, June 26, 2020
India's Goa Dairy farmers reject China's milk testing machines
The Goa Dairy farmers of India stated on Tuesday that the Chinese made milk testing machines supplied by the State government do not have the capacity to handle the testing of milk samples, Herald Goa reported.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Bayer Crop Science targets 100,000 farmers in the Philippines' by 2021 with high yield hybrid seeds
Rice and corn seed producer Bayer Crop Science (BCS), under German-based Bayer AG aims to convince more Filipino farmers to switch to its profitable hybrid seeds, the Manila Bulletin reported.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Fonterra to pay farmers more for sustainable, high value milk
Fonterra farmers producing sustainable, high quality milk will be eligible for a new payment, as the dairy co-op announced important changes to the way it pays farmers for their milk.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Nigeria's farmers cull thousands of pigs
Farmers in Nigeria have killed thousands of pigs due to ASF infections that affected the region's largest market for the animal, BNN Bloomberg reported.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Thailand's farm chemicals ban provokes US, Brazil protests; likely to affect feed supply
Thailand's move to ban two farm chemicals in early June could likely affect the local feed industry's feed supply and has now provoked protests from the United States and Brazil.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Several Taiwanese shrimp, crayfish farms hit by DIV1 virus
A highly infectious virus has hit two shrimp farms and over 10 crayfish farms in Taiwan, CNA reported on June 18.
Monday, June 22, 2020
'Floating' chicken farm to be set up in Rotterdam, Netherlands
An innovative design of a 'floating' chicken and cress farm, which will be built alongside an existing waterborne dairy farm in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has been unveiled by an architecture studio, Dezeen reported.

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