August 2016 (Page 5)

by Clint Thompson, Albany Herald   Low commodity prices for cotton, peanuts and corn have forced Colquitt County farmers to seek other crop options for this year’s growing season.   Colquitt County is ranked among Georgia’s top 10 counties in watermelon acreage and farm gate value in 2014, according to theContinue Reading

  Millions of people facing hunger in South Sudan will be driven to the brink of catastrophe if renewed flashes of violence derail the fragile peace process, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, warning that the human costs of recent fighting in Juba will be compoundedContinue Reading

  Technology obtained through solar energy could be utilised to increase crop production and better results and the scientists of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) were playing significant role in making the country self-sufficient in food production.   “The use of solar technology and advanced methods to dry dates couldContinue Reading

by Chan Shih-hung and William Hetherington, Taipei Times   Fruit prices, affected by a recent typhoon, have more doubled, with no end in sight, bringing one township that was spared the brunt of the storm enormous profits.   Typhoon Nepartak, which hit on July 8 with winds up to 205kph andContinue Reading

  The city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute has developed a waste-to-wealth model for banana cultivators, allowing them to convert waste into organic manure.   According to CFTRI director Ram Rajasekharan, it has been demonstrated with active participation of farmers at the institute. The institute stepped in following banana cultivators’Continue Reading

by Ashley Walmsley, Farm Weekly   PINEAPPLE growers have sharpened their knowledge on the widely-used herbicide diuron, determined to make the most of it while they can.   The two-day Pineapple Field Days in Yeppoon last week attracted more than 100 people, with suggestions 80 per cent of Australia’s pineapple farmsContinue Reading