Agriculture News

Agriculture News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com

03/09/2010 07:21 PM

Sardines under threat in Brazil

The Brazilian government has ordered the implementation of a sardine conservation awareness program.

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 02:12 AM

UN says world food supplies are unbalanced

The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned another food price crisis might happen if record high energy prices, growing demand for bio-fuels and low grain reserves force up price benchmarks.

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 10:40 PM

Brazil expecting near-record harvest

Brazil will bring in a grain harvest of 145.1 million tonnes this year, a volume very close to the record 145.8 million tonnes gathered in 2008, authorities said.

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 10:00 AM

Majuli Island farmers take to vegetable farming for livelihood

Farmers in Majuli Island here have engaged themselves in vegetable farming in a big way to earn a sustainable livelihood. he educated youth of the 144 villages on the island are now engaged in vegetable farming and reaping huge benefits from the same.

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 08:10 AM

Former rebels, paramilitary troops get aid in Sri Lanka

Former Tamil rebels and ex-paramilitary troops were given fishing gear, carpentry tools and agricultural equipment as part of a rehabilitation programme, officials said Tuesday.

---------------------------------

03/10/2010 12:14 AM

MPs asked to stay out of wheat board elections

A farm lobby group is asking Members of Parliament to keep quiet during campaigns for director positions on the Canadian Wheat Board. In the last election, in 2008, five Conservative MPs promoted the...

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 08:46 PM

US soy oil plays significant role in soybean markets

Soy oil makes up about 20 percent of the soybean seed, but 25-50 percent of its value.Used as a salad or cooking oil, a bakery shortening, margarine, and for a number of industrial uses, soy oil suppl...

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 08:46 PM

lsquo;See For Yourself#039; mission to National Biodiesel Conference

Minnesota Soybean Research amp; Promotion Council sponsored a See For Yourself mission to the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Grapevine, Texas. Attendees learned more about the soybean check...

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 08:46 PM

Economic recovery started, but process slow

FARGO, N.D. - The U.S. economy is showing signs that it is starting to come out of the recession, according to Brian Briggeman, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, but the ...

---------------------------------

03/09/2010 08:46 PM

Farm Rescue accepting applications for another season

Farm Rescue founder Bill Gross (left) visits with the 100th farm family his organization has helped during last fallrsquo;s soybean harvest on the Dustin and Lucinda Lien farm near Ypsilanti, N.D.

---------------------------------

Site links

Agriculture News

Sardines under threat in Brazil

UN says world food supplies are unbalanced

Brazil expecting near-record harvest

Majuli Island farmers take to vegetable farming for livelihood

Former rebels, paramilitary troops get aid in Sri Lanka

MPs asked to stay out of wheat board elections

US soy oil plays significant role in soybean markets

lsquo;See For Yourself#039; mission to National Biodiesel Conference

Economic recovery started, but process slow

Farm Rescue accepting applications for another season