President calls for more support for local rice farmers

President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, has challenged the Ministry of Agriculture and Fiji Rice Farmers Limited to strengthen their support for local farmers by providing the necessary resources to grow Fiji’s rice industry. Speaking at the Rice...

Farmers need to get their own fields in order

This article is taken from the August-September 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. I’ll always remember wandering across the Isle of Scarba in the Gulf of the...

Meeting reviews annual agri research program in Chakwal

Gujar khan - A meeting was held at Barani Agricultural Research Institute, Chakwal, regarding the Annual Research Program. In this meeting, Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Director of the Institute of Pulses Research, Faisalabad, Dr. Ghulam Qadir, Chairman of...

KP CM aide terms federal govt’s agricultural emergency symbolic

PESHAWAR - Advi­sor to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Min­ister on Finance and Inter-Provincial Coordination Muzzammil Aslam on Fri­day said that the federal government’s announcement of an agricultural emer­gency is merely a symbolic step, where­as...

PHOTOS: Exploring the Ames Farmers Market

Meet Christy Wright: New president of AgriNovus Indiana named

INDIANAPOLIS — Christy Wright was named the next president and CEO of AgriNovus Indiana, a non-profit focused on growing Indiana’s agbioscience economy. Prior to this position she served as the director of global food systems at Corteva...

Congressman Zach Nunn addresses support for Iowa farmers and honors fallen servicemembers

Agri-Horticulture Society fences off dogs, plaint reaches cops, ‘cruelty’ notices sent

Cattle farmers adjust feeding practices as drought continues

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - The super dry conditions we are experiencing across the region is something cattle farmers are closely monitoring. Farmers say that overgrazing cows in one spot in the pasture is the the biggest concern. They say doing so...

Agri sector hit hard due to floods: Sharjeel

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the agricultural sector has been affected the most due to floods and rains, and it is Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s...

U.S. Farmers Haven’t Planted So Much Corn Since the Dust Bowl

The U.S. corn crop, already expected to be a record, keeps getting bigger. The Agriculture Department on Friday raised its estimate of the number of acres planted with corn by 1.5% to nearly 99 million acres. This time around, the push behind corn...

Mount Pleasant Police to host National Night Out event at local farmers market Oct. 7

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — The Mount Pleasant Police Department will host its annual National Night Out event on Oct. 7 at the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market. The community event will feature live music from Bach to Rock and offer residents an...

Grass greener now for some farmers as others brace for harsher future

With spring underway, north-east Victoria dairy farmer Nick Minogue is back to his 3:45am routine, milking 250 Holstein cows on his 300-acre property at Katandra. Today, he feels a flicker of optimism. Forecasts suggest a wetter-than-usual spring,...

PHOTOS: Youth Farmers Market seeds future generation of entrepreneurs in Salmon Arm

13 young vendors joined the regular market Sept. 13 Young entrepreneurs took over the Ross Street Plaza in Salmon Arm on Saturday morning with the annual Youth Farmers Market. On Sept. 13, approximately 13 kids joined the regular market with their...

Taraba Government Warns Farmers Against Selling IFAD VCDP Agricultural Inputs

The Taraba State Government has cautioned farmers against selling agricultural inputs provided under the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), stressing that offenders will face strict...

Vickash Ramkissoon is Minister within Agri Ministry

‘Good agric season ahead’

Agriculture News Editor MOST countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region are expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall from October 2025 to March 2026. This was revealed on Wednesday at the 31st Southern African...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Farmers at the Mercy of Bandits

September 14, (THEWILL) — Last week’s report that farmers in agrarian communities of the northern part of Nigeria are in “a precarious dilemma” as suspected bandits imposed hefty taxes and levies on them before they could assess their farms or...

Opinion: Collaboration is key to cutting food waste in agricultu...

Every farmer knows the feeling. You work the land, nurture a crop, invest time, labour and money, yet some of what you grow never leaves the farm. It might be the wrong size, the wrong shape, or simply too much for the market at that moment....

Agriculture ministry bins claims of “unprecedented corruption” over fertilizer import

The agriculture ministry on Saturday termed as “baseless” recent newspaper and social media reports like “unique initiative to embezzle government money” or “allegations of unprecedented corruption in fertilizer import calling the campaign...