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New Zealand’s leading kiwifruit packers Seeka and Eastpack are forecasting a significant drop in fruit packing this season, Radio New Zealand RNZ reports. Seeka CEO Michael Franks said a late spring frost affected many orchards, a wet spring led to poor germination and pollination, and floo...Read more »
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Now it is the spring season, nearly 100 acres of blueberries in Longjie Town, Dayao County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, have entered the harvesting period one after another, workers are busy harvesting, tourists are happy to pick, a vibrant scene. To ensure the quality of ...Read more »
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The Brazilian government has approved the cultivation and sale of drought-resistant genetically modified (GM) wheat HB4 in Brazil, the National Technical Commission for Biosafety (CNBio) disclosed on March 3. Brazil has become the second country after Argentina to approve the cultivation of this ...Read more »
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Malaysia’s largest palm oil producer FGV Holdings recently said that Malaysia’s palm oil production in 2023 could be lower than expected if the El Nino weather pattern predicted by some weather agencies occurs in the second half of the year. Malaysian palm oil production is expected t...Read more »
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China shipped 3,986 tons of fresh vegetables, fruits and berries to Russia’s Primorsky Territory from February 27 to March 5, 2023, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision said in a release. The agency noted that last week, China shipped 386.6 tons of tomato...Read more »
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At least 150 banana growers in Davao del Norte province have abandoned bananas in favor of corn due to plantations infected with Panama disease, according to the Philippine News Agency. Banana wilt, commonly known as Panama disease, is a fatal fungal disease caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusari...Read more »
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Sri Lanka’s Ada Derana reported on February 28 that the Sri Lankan cabinet has agreed to amend the social security levy to exempt the purchase of paddy and the production and sale of rice from the tax. The government said the exemption from the tax is expected to maintain the maximum retail...Read more »
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a plan to provide up to $250 million in financial assistance to rice farmers. The new program will provide a one-time payment to rice farmers based on acreage planted and unplanted in 2022. on Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed H.R. 2617, t...Read more »
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World Agrochemical Network reports: According to a new report by MarketsandMarkets™, the agricultural inoculants market is expected to reach US$1.1 billion by 2022. The market size of this segment will reach USD 1.7 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 8.1%. The addition of agricultural inoculan...Read more »
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Statistics show that the size of the Serbian livestock industry has decreased by about 60 percent over the past 30 years, with an average annual decline of 2 percent leading to a large import demand from the country, Serbian newspaper Today reported on Feb. 15. Compared to the same period in 2021...Read more »
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A few days ago, a video on the subject of gardening during quarantine on YouTube in the United States gained a lot of attention. Searching for “gardening during quarantine” on the Internet, about 470,000 videos can be found, and the click and play rates are quite high. In Europe and t...Read more »
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On Feb. 15, Challenge.com reported that Morocco banned the export of tomatoes, onions and potatoes to West Africa. In an interview with Reuters, a senior official of the Association of African Markets, a Moroccan fruit and vegetable supplier, said Fodex, the Moroccan agricultural export agency, i...Read more »
