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 cents the cost of each cubic meter...
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 last year. At the entry point...
Dutch Farmers: EU Okays Plan to Buy Out Farmers to Reduce Emissions
A tractor protest seeking to upstage plans to buy out farms from Dutch farmers ‘forever,’ has been going on for the better part of 2023, precisely since March, in provincial Netherlands, amid EU’s nod to the scheme aiming to reduce emissions. The agricultural hotbed of Western Europe seeks to stem its rising nitrogen emissions by shutting down some 3000 big...
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 month, the European Commission has...
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 skin. Despite the efforts of...
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 south of Serra da Gardunha,...
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 flavours of Spinach, Broad Beans...
El Nino is knocking: Assessing potential impact on food and agriculture
The global weather phenomenon of El Nino is on course later in 2023, according to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). If it occurs in the twilight months of 2023, for its peak coincides with the European and North American winter, it will push the temperatures for this year to an unprecedented high. There has been a steady...
Indigenous Vietnamese livestock breeds that are resistant to hardship and disease
When epidemics and low prices cling to the livestock industry, indigenous livestock breeds are chosen by many Ha Giang farmers because of their good disease resistance and ease of rearing qualities. Golden cow is a famous native animal of the Ha Giang rocky plateau. This breed is concentrated in four highland districts including Dong Van, Quan Ba, Meo Vac and...
France: In wheat, bearish fundamentals
Wheat prices (in France) have been very volatile in recent days according to the negotiations on Ukrainian exports, but fundamentals are not moving and are mostly bearish. Availability remains important at the end of the campaign. “There are large stocks in Europe and the Black Sea from the record harvest in Russia,” confirms Maxence Devillers, analyst at Agritel. Postponement stocks for the 2022-2023 campaign...