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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Investments in climate-smart agriculture innovations can increase smallholder farmers' resilience, say agriculture leaders at COP27
Accelerated investments in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation, spearheaded through the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) initiative will benefit smallholder farmers in developing countries in be ...
Monday, November 14, 2022
France orders poultry farms to keep birds indoors following spread of bird flu
The French Ministry of Agriculture and Food has ordered poultry farms to keep their birds indoors to stop the spread of highly pathogenic bird flu in the country, The Business Times reported.
Monday, November 14, 2022
Philippines launches swine farm compartmentalisation programme
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture has launched the Compartmentalisation Program of swine farms, one of the major components of the country's Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE) Prog ...
Friday, November 11, 2022
Managing Pig Farming For Sustainable Pork Production
Swine production is not only a part of meeting food security but also needs change to operate at lesser costs to the environment.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Amsterdam startup Infarm grows wheat indoors without soil or pesticides
Infarm, a startup based in Amsterdam, has attracted venture capital for growth after successfully growing wheat indoors without the use of soil or pesticides, and with less water than conventional farming, Bloomberg reported.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Uruguay soybean farmers fend off drought using technology
Uruguayan soybean farmers are using new technology to fight off drought in the country, with 2023's harvest expected to reach about 3 million metric tonnes despite forecasts of dry weather in the River Plate growing region until January 202 ...
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Farmers group questions Philippines permitting import of animal protein from ASF-hit countries
A farmers group in the Philippines has questioned the decision of the country's Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to allow the import of processed animal protein from countries affected by African swine ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Kerala, India may enact feed and mineral mix act while seeking to protect dairy, poultry farmers' interests
A proposed Livestock and Poultry Feed and Mineral Mixture (Regulation of Manufacture and Sale) Act, 2022, for Kerala, India, will be enacted only after protecting the interests of dairy and poultry farmers in the state, Minister for Animal ...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
English chicken farmers warned that keeping birds confined can lead to cannibalism
Chicken farmers in England have been warned that keeping their birds in confined spaces to control the spread of bird flu could lead to cannibalism, The Telegraph reported.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
China plans to house swine farming in high-rise buildings
Authorities in China said they are planning to build more high-rise swine farming buildings, which are air-conditioned and include ventilated floors, to reduce land use for farming, BestLife reported.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Peptidoglycans: the hidden enemy of poultry farming and their impact on intestinal integrity
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) is the system with the fastest development in broilers. All the nutrients that support the other systems in the animal are absorbed in the gut.
Friday, November 4, 2022
Hard days for Finland's farmers due to increased prices for fertilisers, energy
Farmers in Finland are finding it hard to cope with the rising prices of fertilisers and skyrocketing energy bills, with only about one-third saying they had already purchased the fertilisers needed for the next growing season, a recent sur ...
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Singapore suspends imports of live chicken broilers from two Malaysian farms
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has suspended imports of live chicken broilers from Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn Bhd and Sdian Hup Farming Sdn Bhd after detecting Salmonella enteritidis in samples from their shipments, The Edge reported.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Farmers in Inner Mongolia profit from shrimp aquaculture
Shrimp aquaculture has become a lucrative source of income for farmers in in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, thanks to Wu Tao, a local sci-tech expert who discovered that the area's high salinity in the soil could be benefic ...
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Aviagen East Africa celebrates grand opening of new grand parent farms in Tanzania
Aviagen celebrated the grand opening of its greenfield project, Aviagen East Africa Limited, last September in Arusha, Tanzania.

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