Profit Boost For Beef, Sheep And Wool Producers (Premier of Victoria)
(Source: Premier of Victoria) Victorian livestock farm profitability increased in the past financial year according to the latest Livestock Farm Monitor Report. Released today by the Minister for...
View ArticlePesticide use on singhara crop endangering aquatic life
BIJNOR: Commercial cultivation of water chestnut, considered a very effective herbal remedy for certain diseases in Ayurveda, is posing a danger to aquatic animals in Bijnor. Water chestnut is grown in...
View ArticleJiang Chaoliang Surveyed Nong’an County’s Grain Purchasing and Storage and...
(Source: People's Government of Jilin Province) On November 11, Governor Jiang Chaoliang came to Nong'an County to survey the grain purchasing and storage and farmers' income increase work. At Wanlai...
View ArticleGoal of new produce safety rules: prevent illness outbreaks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday outlined new produce safety rules designed to help prevent large-scale, deadly outbreaks of foodborne illness like those linked to fresh spinach,...
View Article4 Ministries allocated GH¢2.59 billion in 2016
Presenting the 2016 Budget Statement and economic policy of the government to Parliament yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper said the government plans to construct about 200 kilometres...
View ArticleExtend five-year ban on quarrying sand: farmers
The organiser of Tamirabharani River Water Protection Forum C. Nainar Kulasekaran has appealed to Collector M. Ravikumar to extend the five-year ban imposed by the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on...
View ArticleWater flows into Palar after almost a decade
It was a sight to behold for residents of Vellore as water flowed into the Palar near Pallikonda on Tuesday breathing life into the dry river after almost 10 years. Officials of the Public Works...
View ArticleCOSATU concerned about the impact the ongoing drought will have on the...
(Source: COSATU - The Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU concerned about the impact the ongoing drought will have on the economy and jobs 12 November 2015 The Congress of South African...
View ArticleGoal of New US Produce Safety Rules: Prevent Illness Outbreaks
Associated Press WASHINGTON— The U.S. government on Friday outlined new produce safety rules designed to help prevent large-scale, deadly outbreaks of foodborne illness like those linked to fresh...
View ArticleWater released for irrigation
Water was released for irrigation from Perunchani and Chittar I dams of Kanyakumari district even as the monsoon rains that lashed several areas subsided since Deepavali day. Release of surplus...
View ArticleWisconsin Farm Bureau President Testifies at Waters of the U.S. Hearing...
(Source: Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation) Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Jim Holte was one of six who testified at a field hearing held on Friday, November 13, by the U.S. Senate Homeland...
View ArticleGWCL Spills Excess Water
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has opened the Weija Dam in the Greater Accra Region to spill excess water to safeguard the dam from possible collapse. The spillage that began on Wednesday...
View ArticleSimon Coveney launches farm safety programme
A new farm safety programme “Safe Family Farms” was launched by Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney on Wednesday. The partnership between the Irish Farmers Journal and ESB Networks aims to deliver...
View ArticleADB Loan to Help Scale Up Production, Financing For Gansu Farmers (ADB -...
(Source: ADB - Asian Development Bank) BEIJING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan for a project to help farmers in 11 counties in...
View ArticleCapital Gain: Chinese developer pays ISPT $30m for Cranbourne South farm
Another Chinese developer is buying a farm on Melbourne's outskirts paying some $30 million – or 20 per cent over price expectations – for a shovel-ready project in Cranbourne South. The sale of 91-95...
View ArticleToll rises to 27; 29,000 housed in relief centres
Even as the death toll in rain-related incidents in the district, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury following a depression over the Bay of Bengal on Monday, rose to 27, receding floodwater offers...
View ArticleRain damage: 27 die; 29,000 sheltered in relief centres
Even as the death toll in rain-related incidents in the district, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury following a depression over the Bay of Bengal on Monday, rose to 27, receding floodwater offers...
View Article27 die; 29,000 in relief centres
ven as the death toll in rain-related incidents in the district, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury following a depression over the Bay of Bengal on Monday, rose to 27, receding floodwater offers...
View ArticleAndiappanur Dam receives surplus water
After three years, the Andiappanur Dam near Tirupattur has received surplus water following incessant rain in the last three days. This has come as the much-needed source of water for irrigation as it...
View ArticleNew produce safety rules aim to prevent illness outbreaks
The U.S. government on Friday outlined new produce safety rules designed to help prevent large-scale, deadly outbreaks of foodborne illness such as those linked to fresh spinach, cantaloupes, cucumbers...
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