COLOMBO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivered 8,360 tons of urea fertilizer this week to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture for distribution during the forthcoming Maha cropping season, a FAO statement said on Monday. The FAO said this essential fertilizer will be distributed to over 228,000 smallholder paddy farmers […]
President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar Wednesday said that corporate farming will attract about Rs100 billion investment in the agriculture sector within three years and help to achieve self-sufficiency in staple food crop production, besides attaining food safety and security in the country. Addressing a press conference, he dismissed all the misconceptions being created by […]
It’s been 12 days since the rice farmers from Embilipitiya launched a Sathyagraha campaign demanding water for their rice fields. The satyagraha is continuing as the demands of the farmers to release water from the Samanala Wewa to the Udawalawa Reservoir have not been met. Farmers have stressed that they would not abandon their cause […]
Weather conditions continue to impact Texas rice yield and quality. But a volatile market may prove helpful. Read more about rice production this year and the state’s latest crop and weather report. Texas rice farmers are seeing mixed quality and quantity yields due to extreme heat, but the decision by India to ban exports could […]
The Abakaliki Rice Millers Association in Ebonyi state has hailed the Federal Government’s plans to boost farm produce in an effort to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in a nationwide broadcast, assured adequate food sufficiency for Nigerians. According to president Tinubu, the government will ensure staple […]
Export ban may hurt poor countries but benefit U.S. growers Rice is on display at Little India, an Indian grocery store in New York on Saturday, July 29, 2023. An earlier than expected El Niño brought drier, warmer weather in some parts of Asia and is expected to harm rice production. But in some parts […]
PJ Haynie shows off some of his rice to a worker on the farm. Haynie is a fifth-generation row crop farmer with land in Virginia and in Arkansas, which is where he grows his rice. He also co-owns a rice mill in Arkansas, helping to add value to one of the state’s most important crops. […]
