For Cooper Hibbard, a fifth generation rancher in Montana, soil conservation and ranching are bedfellows, reports Tri-State Livestock News.  Hibbard employed a unique conservation technique during the driest 10-year period of his ranch and saw 200% increase in forage yield. The secret lies in how he inter-crops pasture, corn and soybeans to ensure proper cover-cropping for the soil. He calls this “tangent strip-cropping,” where...

In a trade and diplomatic move, China has expanded the import range of frozen beef from Uruguay starting December 26, 2023. China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) reiterated that the imports will only come from non-foot and mouth disease zones. Additionally, GAC underscored its trust for Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries to inspect and sanitize the beef. It is however...

Farmers in Omusati Region in Namibia have received more than 42 tractors courtesy of Namibia Agricultural Mechanisation and Seed Improvement Project (NAMSIP). This is the latest gesture in a nationwide farm equipment procurement process that boasts 350 tractors and 380 walking tractors. While handing over the machinery, the executive director in the Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Ministry, Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata enumerated the procurement. She...

Myanmar (formerly Burma) earned $931.96 million in revenue from the sale of beans and pulses in the 8 months ending December 2023. In an announcement on December 26, the Ministry of Commerce partially attributed the income to the current 2023-24 market year. These preliminary statistics hint at Myanmar scoring full-year results matching the earnings of the 2022-23 fiscal year worth $1.47 billion. ...

Government statistics show that Croatia posted an impressive agricultural growth of 9.23% in 2022 over 2021’s. More importantly, the growth rate ranks as the third highest in the European Union (EU) since 2015. An increase in youthful farmers, who grew by 66% since 2015, has helped boost the sector through value creation. The fact that young farmers make up 14.4% of 2023’s...

Barely four months after heavy precipitation in July led to a spike in dairy prices in Maine and Vermont from lack of feed, an even heavier storm has hit New England.  The December 18 storm in North-east United States left flood waters in urban centers and  low-lying coastal areas.   The storm came along a northeasterly warm current that spiked temperatures in Boston, Massachusetts to 63ºF. ...

FD Berries USA is currently harvesting strawberries on its farm in Sebring, Florida at a time of high demand. The agricultural company began operations in April, 2018 in Mexico with 50 hectares of blueberries and since then has expanded into Florida.  To learn more, Selina Wamucii spoke to Andrew Pidgeon, Director of Marketing at Fibredust, whose subsidiary is FD Berries. Andrew Pidgeon initiates...

Despite a value decline of 10.3%,  Mississippi’s agriculture still managed to post its second biggest returns ever of $8.8 billion in 2023.  Poultry took the worst beating, losing 23% from 2022 but still emerged the state’s champ in value, raking in $3.1 billion. Soybeans, on the other hand, banked on biodiesel demand to emerge first among crops. The pricing status of soy...

Starbucks has blamed its union workers for initiating a protest against the coffee chain via a pro-Palestinian tweet. Two months after suing the union for the social media post, the company now calls the tweet a corporate ‘misrepresentation.’ The beverage seller has been handling customer boycotts over the barista union’s “solidarity” comments since October 2023. This coincided with the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict....