Global warming is resulting in the spread of crop pests towards the North and South Poles at a rate of nearly three km a year, concludes a new study by researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Oxford.
Minister for Agriculture Food and Fisheries Gail Gago has discussed further opportunities for expanding South Australia’s non-Genetically Modified (GM) food exports to Japan.
The Queensland state of Australia has banned farmers and travellers from bringing banana into the state, as part of its effort to prevent the spread of a disease that destroys crops.
Argentine farmers expect China to soon approve their one remaining variety of genetically modified corn yet to be certified for import by the commodities-hungry Asian country.
The global potash market could suffer short-term turbulence as it faces a potentially large price drop because of an escalating dispute between major exporters Russia and Belarus over the collapse of their once-mighty cartel.
With price of rice continually falling and irrigation canals unable to provide water for the paddy fields, many farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau have switched to shrimp-breeding instead.
The condition of the 2013 corn and soybean crops deteriorated in the week ending Aug. 25, compared with the previous week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its Aug. 26 Crop Progress report.
Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta said on Tuesday it had submitted a legal challenge to the European Commission's decision to suspend the use of a pesticide on crops pollinated by bees.
A late-winter cold snap in Argentina raised concern about the country's recently sown wheat crop, but local experts said on Monday that the low temperatures have done little or no damage.
New York's Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced initiatives to support farmers across the state to reduce energy costs, improve business operations and enhance environmental planning.
More than 150 U.S. farm and food businesses and organizations on Wednesday called for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to strengthen its oversight of field trials of experimental, genetically modified crops.
The portion of the corn crop in the 18 major states rated good to excellent as of Aug. 18 deteriorated by three percentage points compared to the previous week.
