The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

Anna Bhagya: Rice is available in Chhattisgarh, but govt. worried over high transportation cost

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that around 1.5 lakh tonnes of rice was available with Chhattisgarh which Karnataka could buy for its Anna Bhagya scheme, but the transportation cost would be high.

The Hindu · Jun 17, 2023

‘Nobody really understands’: The overlooked and growing peril of Australia’s fire ant invasion

Gold Coast cane grower Larry Spann was fixing farm machinery when he felt the intense burn of a fire ant bite. That could soon be very common

The New Daily · Jun 17, 2023

The fertiliser conundrum countries face

The global food system is broken. Largely dominated by multinational corporations, it enables and encourages unsustainable and unhealthy production and consumption patterns and generates enormous waste across all stages of production and distribution.

Bangkok Post · Jun 16, 2023

Price controls get one-year extension

The Ministry of Commerce has extended price controls on 51 products and services for another year. The extension will expire on June 30, 2024.

Bangkok Post · Jun 16, 2023

Labour shortage threatens to decimate Northern Ireland mushroom sector

Growers association calls for mushroom pickers to be added to shortage occupations list

Birmingham Post · Jun 16, 2023

Tamil Nadu scores a hat-trick in exceeding 40-lakh-tonne mark in paddy procurement

Even as the 2022-23 paddy procurement is in its last leg, Tamil Nadu has scored a hat-trick in exceeding the 40-lakh-tonne mark in paddy procurement. Yet, there has been a drop in the number of farmers benefited from the procurement.

The Hindu · Jun 16, 2023

Scottish accountant calls for carbon tax action

Tax clarity 'will help us see the good from the trees' argues the firm's head of agriculture

Insider UK · Jun 16, 2023

Sugar cane decline to hit KSL production

Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Plc (KSL), Thailand's third-largest sugar producer by sales volume, expects sugar cane output for its factories to decrease by 10-15% to 5 million tonnes in the new 2023-24 crop year because of drought.

Bangkok Post · Jun 15, 2023

Centre says stoppage of rice and wheat supply to States is aimed at controlling inflation

Under the scheme, the Karnataka Government has promised to provide 10 kg of food grains/rice to every member of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) household.

The Hindu · Jun 15, 2023

Agricultural producers and food businesses throught nation getting $320M boost from USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeding agricultural producers and food businesses with millions of dollars in investments designed to improve markets, create and strengthen jobs, control food prices and improve nutrition

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023