The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

MCKINNEY, Texas — The heart of harvest season is here, and one Collin County farm offers not just fruits and vegetables but an agricultural experience.

Chinese companies and individuals own farmland across America. But lawmakers in Washington are pushing to block any purchases that could be connected to the Chinese Communist Party.

Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has asked the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to restructure farmers' debts to reduce non-performing loans (NPLs) to 3-4% for this accounting year from nearly 8% year-on-year.

Demand for Thai rice remains strong, with several governments such as Indonesia and Bangladesh expressing an interest in purchasing the grain through government-to-government (G2G) deals.

Thailand's exports of cassava and cassava products are estimated at 9 million tonnes this year, down from 11 million tonnes last year, because of reduced output related to drought.

The severe deficient monsoon this time has already driven the prices of vegetables, especially tomatoes, northwards. The prices of tomatoes — which are in severe short supply — have shot up to over ₹80 level over the last week. A 15-kg crate of tomatoes was sold for ₹1,100 in Kolar…

Minister for Agriculture S. Niranjan Reddy said the Rythu Bandhu benefit disbursement for the 11th phase (agricultural season) would include about 5 lakh new beneficiaries after their landholding gets included for the scheme.

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TechnoServe, a non-profit organisation that operates in 30 countries, began its association with coffee farmers in the Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh about six years ago. Their intervention helped farmers create and manage Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs). Through eight such FPOs, the organisation claims, the farmers’ revenues have increased by…

As the Food Corporation of India (FCI) rejected the Opposition-ruled States’ demand to reconsider the decision to restrict purchase through the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), the Congress said in New Delhi on June 25 that it is Karnataka’s durbhagya that the Narendra Modi Government is sabotaging the Anna Bhagya…

Sugarcane crushing operations for the year 2023-24 are all set to begin at the state-owned Mysore Sugar company or Mysugar factory in Mandya near here from June 30.