June 2022

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) – Thousands of cattle died in extreme heat and high humidity in southwestern Kansas this past weekend. Usually livestock can withstand high temperatures, but now farmers are reporting that several thousand have died. It rained a few days before the mass casualties, making the paddocks muddy andRead More →

Jaxson Stafford of Tate High School’s FFA chapter has been named the Florida FFA’s 2022 State Star Farmer. The State Star Farmer Award is the oldest award in Florida FFA history and is designed to recognize the student with the best production supervised farming experience (SAE) in the state. TheRead More →

Farooq Ahmad Ganie, a middle-aged farmer, is busy working in his field in Tahab village of Pulwama district. He turned to new farming practices that dramatically increased his yields. Growing exotic vegetables changed Ganie’s fortunes. He has been involved in growing exotic vegetables for the past two years. “The returnsRead More →

Volatility has been a long-standing topic when it comes to agricultural commodity prices, but historically that volatility has been relatively low compared to the extremes we’ve seen recently. We used to get excited when wheat went up £10/t. It would have been impossible six months ago to imagine a dropRead More →

Rising input costs and fallout from the war in Ukraine dragged down farmer confidence for a third quarter. The results of Rabobank’s latest rural confidence survey show optimism around high commodity prices and another bumper grain harvest has been clouded by the rising cost of agricultural inputs like fertilizer andRead More →

Women in Plateau State dominate agricultural space, generate income for their families and support their spouses. With good weather conducive to vegetable and grain production, they take advantage of the fertile soil and availability of farmland in the state to venture into farming. Ms. Atong James, an enterprising woman fromRead More →

Scottish Sea Farms won the UK Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) Sustainability Award at its annual ceremony, held on Thursday June 9 at the Birmingham Botanic Gardens. The awards were launched in 2006 to recognize measurable progress by organizations and individuals towards net zero. In a categoryRead More →

Olga Motshweni (25) from Doornkop in the local municipality of Steve Tshwete, aspires to introduce young people to agriculture as a means of reducing unemployment.Motshweni is the youth president of this municipality in agriculture and rural development. The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Lands and Environmental Affairs (Dardlea) has helpedRead More →

A well-known progressive farmer and central leader of the Mango Growers Association (MGA), Syed Zahid Hussain Gardesi has proposed developing a mango museum and a mango-specific botanic garden in Multan to cement the identity of the ancient city in as the mango city of Pakistan. MULTAN, (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News –Read More →

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. It’s no secret that the Earth’s biodiversity is under threat. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 26% of all mammals, 14% of birds and 41% of amphibians are currently threatened worldwide,Read More →

By Vince McDonagh – June 2, 2022 Icelandic salmon farmer Arnarlax strengthens its smolt business following a key acquisition. The company has signed a share purchase agreement for the remaining 50% shares in the Eldisstöðin Ísþór smolt facility in Þorlákshöfn (pictured) in the south of the country. Arnarlax previously co-ownedRead More →