While the corn and soybean crops have taken the worst beating from this year's drought so far, the nation's livestock farmers aren't faring a whole lot better.
Fish are cheap in Japan and getting cheaper. Prices at the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji, Chuo Ward, peaked in the first half of the 1990s at 996 yen ($12.5) per kilogram, but have since lost 20% of their value. Fish traded at 802
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), a regional fisheries organisation of 17 member states spanning the Caribbean region, concluded its eighth scientific meeting in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
More than 2,500 families in the southernmost province of Ca Mau are benefiting from a new rice-shrimp farming model, according to the province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Department of Agriculture is allotting an initial P67 million to bankroll several agricultural and fishery infrastructure projects in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, to transform it into a sufficient producer of rice, white corn, other staple crops
South Korea has decided to scrap its Plan to resume whaling for scientific research, a government official said Tuesday, after the the decision sparked criticism.
On Friday 13 July the masters and owner of the Anglo Dutch vessel Angsar (E104) were sentenced by North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court for failing to maintain an accurate logbook.
Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has announced that the Government of Canada will make significant investments to repair, construct and maintain small craft harbours across Canada.
So far 2,100 exhibitors from 50 countries have signed up for EuroTier 2012. With 30 per cent more exhibition space, the show will be held in Hanover from 13 to 16 November 2012.
NOAA has announced that it will adjust the 2012 Georges Bank yellowtail flounder quotas for both commercial scallop and groundfish fisheries to preserve fishing opportunities for both industries.
H.J. Baker & Bros., Inc. and Vimifos S.A. de C.V., a Mexico-based animal nutrition company, have reached an agreement to sell H.J. Baker PRO-PLUS and PRO-PAK products to the poultry feed industry in Mexico.
Turkey eggs in incubators on July 1 increased 5 percent from 2011 totals, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
New Zealand’s government has opened the door for local beef and dairy farmers to take part in a new initiative to produce high-value marbled beef for the premium segment both at home and abroad.
Monsoons is undoubtedly the perfect season to indulge in hot grills and barbeque. The kebab festival at Saffron, Jaipur Marriott, invites you to savour hot, spicy, tender and succulent kebabs till July 31, 2012.
