Author: Timothy Wahome (Timothy Wahome)

Thai asparagus making money for half a million per household
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Thai asparagus making money for half a million per household

Mrs. Angkhana Buddhasri, Director of the 7th Chai Nat Agricultural Economics Office (Nor Sor Sor.7), reveals the results of monitoring the operation of the Asparagus Community Enterprise Group. The group is based in Ban Pluak Sung, Tha Din Dam Sub-district, Chai Badan District of Lop Buri Province and has 25 members. The total planting area is 46 rai (836 acres), with...

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El Salvador Government delivers planting supplies to agricultural producers in the West

News summary: From Sonsonate to Caluco, the El Salvador agricultural authorities will deliver more than 2,200 packages to the same number of producers. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), together with the Government, distributed agricultural packages for the benefit of more than half a million small producers from different areas of the country. Every day, more farmers...

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Germany: Fewer large cattle slaughters in Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel, Germany: In 2022, meat production in the slaughterhouses of Schleswig-Holstein sank again. The decline is due to fewer pigs and fewer cattle slaughters, according to the Statistics Office North. Compared to the previous year 2021, the number of commercially slaughtered cattle fell by 7.3 percent or 19,443 animals to 246,208 animals. The slaughter volume...

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Valencia Council approves 2.5 million euros to subsidize the cost of desalinated water to the irrigators of the Tagus-Segura

News in brief: The aid will reduce the cost per cubic meter of desalinated water destined for crops by 10 cents. The Plenary of the Valencia Council has approved the decree regulating the granting of 2.5 million euros in subsidies aimed at the communities of irrigators who use the Tajo-Segura transfer of the province of Alicant. The order will help reduce by 10...

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Sown corn accounts for 61.62% of China’s Jilin Province’s sowing plan

At present, it is the golden period of sowing in dry fields and raking paddy fields. According to the May 3 agricultural dispatch, Jilin Province rice seedling sowing work is basically over. Corn accounted for 61.62% of the total sown portion of the planned area, 1.38 percentage points slower than last year. Potatoes have been sown in 85.37% of the planned area, 3.57 percentage points faster than...

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Portuguese Fundão cherry to lose up to 70% due to low temperatures in flowering

The wide temperature range and very low temperatures at night during flowering caused a drop of up to 70% in the production of cherries from Fundão, according to producers, who nevertheless expect a higher quality fruit and higher caliber. Gonçalo Batista, an agronomist engineer from Alcongosta, with orchards in several locations in the municipality of Fundão, mostly...

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Quiche, the official coronation delicacy, witnesses soaring prices!

A quiche delicacy comprising spinach, fava beans and tarragon, has been declared the official coronation food by Britain’s Royal Family – and this is pushing prices up.   Dubbed the coronation quiche on the royal website, the royal family goes on to describe the recipe as “deep quiche with a crisp, light pastry case and delicate...