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...
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...
Russia may increase imports of meat products from Belarus in accordance with TR
News summary: TR CU 034/2013 regulates meat safety under Eurasian trade protocols and as Russia seeks to increase its stake in the productive Belarusian meat export market, it promises to adhere to the TR stipulations. The meat industry in Belarus grew by a quarter over the previous year. The pace has been maintained this year-in 3 months,...
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...
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...
Ukrainians fear that the ban on imports of their agricultural products will last longer
The current ban on the import of certain agri-food goods from Ukraine to the so-called frontier countries lasts until June 5. However, Oleg Nivyevskyj, head of the Food and Land Use Research Center of the Kiev School of Economics, believes that this is not the end of the restrictions. “Although the decision has been announced for a...
Chilean Horses return to their homes after complete recovery from burns of Ñuble forest fires
With great emotion, the families who owned the Chamuscado and Spirit horses received on their premises the two horses that suffered severe burns in the forest fires that affected the central area of the country in February. Almost three months of intensive care was required for the animals to heal their wounds and generate new...
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...
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...