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  • Tajikistan to put two fertilizer plants into operation soon
    Post time: Aug-03-2022

    Tajikistan Satellite News Agency reported in Dushanbe on July 18, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, two fertilizer plants will be completed and put into operation in the near future to fill the gap of fertilizer production in Tajikistan. One of them is Asia Chemical Comp...Read more »

  • Kazakhstan expects to harvest more than 13 million tons of wheat this year
    Post time: Aug-02-2022

    KAZAKHSTAN/NURSUL/26 July – The wheat harvest in Kazakhstan in 2022 is expected to reach 13-13.5 million tons, 15-20% higher than in 2021. The production of wheat this year is expected to reach about 13-13.5 million tons, which is 15-20% higher than in the previous year, Kazakhstan’s ...Read more »

  • Namibia’s cattle industry worth N$4.6 billion
    Post time: Aug-01-2022

    Namibia’s cattle sector is worth N$4.6 billion (about US$310 million) and there are opportunities for value addition, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) said in a private sector diagnostic report, reported the Namibian newspaper The Sun on July 20. Na is a net ex...Read more »

  • Russian Ministry of Agriculture raises export duties on sunflower oil in August
    Post time: Jul-29-2022

    MOSCOW, July 25 (Reuters) – Russia’s Agriculture Ministry said on Monday that the export duty on sunflower oil for August was set at 15,987.1 rubles ($278) per ton, up from 8,615.9 rubles per ton in July. The reference price of sunflower oil used to calculate export duties was $1,873....Read more »

  • Certis Biologicals starts its own sales of biopesticides for gardens, greenhouses and nurseries
    Post time: Jul-28-2022

    Certis Biologicals will begin selling the company’s products, BotaniGard® and Mycotrol® fungal insecticides, to its accredited nursery and greenhouse pesticide distributors on Oct. 1, 2022. Under a previously signed agreement, the company distributed both products through third parties. Whe...Read more »

  • U.S. agriculture and livestock industry hit hard by heat wave
    Post time: Jul-27-2022

    The heat and drought have put pressure on U.S. agriculture and livestock, threatening crops such as corn and soybeans, as well as livestock such as cattle, according to Fox Business News TV. The meteorological community pointed out that the U.S. heat will continue this month, and global food shor...Read more »

  • Vietnam to boost agricultural production and exports
    Post time: Jul-26-2022

    Vietnam News reported on July 18 that in the first six months of 2022, Vietnam’s plantation sector accounted for 43.27% of the total value of the agriculture, forestry and water industry; exports amounted to US$11.37 billion, accounting for 40.8% of the industry’s exports, according t...Read more »

  • Germany “pays” 6.6 billion euros a year for climate change
    Post time: Jul-25-2022

    BERLIN, July 18 (Xinhua) — According to a study by the German media, an average of 6.6 billion euros per year has been lost in Germany due to anthropogenic climate change since 2000, and the cumulative loss is at least about 145 billion euros. This conclusion was reached by the German Feder...Read more »

  • Cordova launches several new seed treatments for corn and canola in Canada
    Post time: Jul-22-2022

    (WNA) – Cordiva announced the expansion of its seed treatment product lineup with the launch of two new seed treatment portfolios containing multiple new products for corn and canola growers across Canada for the 2023 growing season. Travis Schoonbaert, Head of Seed Application Technology a...Read more »

  • Tajikistan’s agricultural output up 7.2% year-on-year in first half of this year
    Post time: Jul-21-2022

    Tajikistan Asian Express news agency reported on July 12, Dushanbe, according to the Tajikistan Ministry of Agriculture, in the first half of 2022, the output of agricultural products in Tajikistan increased by 7.2% year-on-year, the output increase is obvious for fish, up 26.5%, eggs -24.5%, fru...Read more »

  • 2022/23 Argentine sunflower seed production expected to hit record high
    Post time: Jul-20-2022

    Argentina’s position in the global sunflower seeds and manufactured products market is expected to strengthen in 2022/23, according to Pablo Adreni, head of Pablo Adreni Argentina. Adreni expects Argentina’s sunflower seed production to reach 4.65 million tons in 2022/23, well above t...Read more »

  • Turkmenistan’s agricultural exports increase significantly
    Post time: Jul-19-2022

    Turkmenistan Oriental reported on July 2 that according to the statistics of the Turkmenistan State Customs Administration, the export volume of agricultural products has increased significantly, among which tomatoes have the largest export volume. In the first half of this year, the total amount...Read more »