There is a raging debate in the U.S whether solar farms should be encouraged. There are those who feel that by encouraging farmers to switch to solar harvesting for energy and profits, in place of growing food, the food sector will eventually be diminished and this is a grave danger to food security. On the other hand, there are those...
Luke Bryan Announces 2023 Farm Tour
Country singer and songwriter Luke Bryan will again this year headline his Farm Tour as he trots around 5 farm arenas giving back to local farmers who formed most of his early life. The Farm Tour has been held since 2009 when Bryan kick-started a tradition that was to connect with American farmers and more so recognize their valuable contribution...
In Souh Africa, Food Prices are Accelerating
South Africa is in the grip of a worrying trend of high food prices which in February 2023, nearly surpassed the 2009 record. A loaf of bread now costs up to 20 Rand ($1.09), a cost that seems like a nightmare to the common consumer who recently used to buy it for only 5 Rand ($0.27). The situation was first...
Backhaus: “German Asparagus growers are cautiously optimistic”
Schwerin, Germany – Despite the cost increases in all means of production, the asparagus growers in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) are cautiously optimistic about the coming season: “While the past asparagus season was still under the immediate shock of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, the high-priced seasonal item asparagus became a luxury good as a result of the high inflation rate and many...
Korea’s Taebaek Nonghyup in Gangwon Province Completes Farm Machinery Repair Tour
In summary: A South Korean farmers’ cooperative has successfully ended a farm machinery repair tour covering 13 local farmers’ associations for the inspection and repair of tillers, tractors, etc., in a city in Gangwon province. During the tour, Kim Byung-doo president of Taebaek Agricultural Cooperative, and Kim Jun-tae, head of NH Taebaek City Branch had pledged to do their best to inspect and...
Italy Oranges: Parlapiano holds high the flag of the Ribera Orange
Italian company, Parlapiano Sicilia will present in Rimini at Macfrut 2023 the excellence of the Sicilian territory of which it is a leader in marketing and, in particular, the Ribera D.O.P Orange-the company’s flagship product-,the Organic Sicilian Orange, the Paradiso Orange, the Pera Coscia di Ribera and the Pescabivona IGP. The 2022/2023 orange campaign, which has just ended, records a more than positive trend. Parlapiano...
Mexico still does not import meat from Brazil and Argentina
The Consulting Group of Agricultural Markets (GCMA) in Mexico has stated that there have been no imports of Brazilian beef, due to the fact that logistics costs are very high and the product cannot compete on price. Even though the Mexican government allowed the entry of beef, tariff-free, from third-party countries with which there is no free trade agreement, to “favor the Mexican economy” as part of the...
European Union grain harvest may be higher
A recent report prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA/FAS) predicts that the EU grain harvest will increase to 285 million tons in the 2023/24 season from 267 million tons in the 2022/23 season. The Americans predict that all winter cereals will exceed the previous season’s sowing levels. After the severe drought and increased fertilizer prices faced by EU farmers in...
Short-term rapeseed provides variety support for the utilization of idle winter fields in China’s south
Recently, the new high-yielding, high-oil, multi-resistant and short-term Chinese rapeseed variety “Zhongyou Zao No. 1” selected by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was measured on site at the demonstration venue in Wan’an County, Jiangxi Province. The yield of rapeseed reached 175.7 kg per mu (0.165 acres) while oil content was 44.16%. The fertility period was about 169 days, which is shorter than for...
Is Mao Era Agriculture Control Back in China?
While a three-year lockdown over Covid-19 still rings fresh in the minds of most people in rural China, it goes without saying that anything from this period that hints at freedom curtailing can have a sensational run. Indeed, something of a similar caliber is already running its course in a remote hamlet in Xian, north China. On 1st of April...