Rains ravage crops in Tehrathum

By Thakur Senehang,Tehrathum, Nov. 3: Incessant rain over the past four days has caused severe damage to crops in Tehrathum district, leaving farmers distressed. Crops such as paddy, millet, and maize, along with vegetables and fruits, have been...

N. Korean farmers stand guard day and night as thieves target private plots

Exhausted farmers in Sakju county, North Pyongan province, are watching their fields around the clock after repeated thefts from family plots, working late into the night to rush their harvested grain home before thieves can strike. “There are...

Air quality dips as 8 Punjab districts fuel 64% of farm fires

A day after recording the highest single-day spike of 442 farm fire incidents, Punjab reported 178 new cases of stubble burning on Sunday, taking the state’s total to 2,262 incidents this season. A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field at a...

‘We lost everything again’: Farmers reel from Punjab floods

LAHORE: In the heart of Punjab, where once green fields and golden crops stood, now stretches an endless sea of mud and silence. Farmers who spent their lives nurturing the land now look over acres of devastation, their faces mirroring the...

Spicy new crop options for farmers in northern Australia

Researchers from CQUniversity’s Institute for Future Farming Systems have been working with the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia and a range of industry partners since 2019 to identify and develop new spice crops. In...

Govt. to roll out fresh support for rice farmers – Mustapha

Nov 03, 2025 News (Kaieteur News) – Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has signaled that major new relief measures for rice farmers are just days away, a move aimed at strengthening incomes and reinforcing national food security in the face of...

Israeli forces attack Palestinian olive farmers in occupied West Bank

Palestinian farmers in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, say Israeli forces attacked them as they harvested olives, according to the Wafa news agency. Mohammed Fanoun told Wafa that soldiers “verbally and physically assaulted” him and his...

Pacific Islands first cryopreservation lab opens in Fiji to protect crops for the future

The Pacific now has a brand-new tool to protect their crops for the future. This comes after the Pacific Community (SPC) opened the region’s first cryopreservation laboratory, at its Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) in Fiji, last week....

Others | Nov 03, 2025 | 7 min read Crop damage: Govt’s relief package for farmers soon

Ahmedabad Others The state government will soon announce a relief and assistance package to help farmers to recover from the loss caused due to unseasonal rains. In a post on X, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said, “Ministers of the state have...

COLUMN: Grazing cover crops

Many different varieties of forage can be used as cover crops. A cover crop can serve many different purposes, one of those being fed for grazing livestock. Common choices for cover crops in eastern Oklahoma include wheat, cereal rye, oats,...

'Trusted' foreign buyers could avoid scrutiny under new farm ownership rules

Kooba, while best known for being one of Australia's largest cotton growing operations, also grows irrigated grain and legume crops, with almond orchards, and runs livestock across the property with big water assets.

Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica's farm...

The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged the cabin and back deck. His father's boat was...

Agri drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money

Droneshave been integrated into everyday life over the past decade, in sectors as diverse as entertainment, health care and construction. They have also begun to transform the way people grow food. In a new study published in the journal Science,...

Indoor farming: Plant a thermostat, reap a bounty

MOISTURE CONTROL: Schematic representation of an experimental setup with soil or sand bed cooled from below Researchers at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) have achieved a breakthrough in indoor agriculture technology: they have...

US The Cool Down US farmers issue warning as critical crop becomes harder to grow: 'It's kind of scary'

Central Illinois farmers have been struggling to grow soybeans amid extreme drought. Their growing issues mirror those of many other farmers worldwide, as agriculture is affected by low rainfall, high temperatures, and unpredictable storms. What's...

Heavy rains threaten China’s corn harvest

Back 03 Nov 2025 Unusually heavy rainfall across northern China has disrupted the autumn harvest, leaving corn crops rotting in waterlogged fields. The timing is critical, as national grain supplies face mounting pressure amid a sharp drop in...

P35.7-M farm machinery distributed to Central Luzon farmers’ coops

TARLAC CITY (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) distributed ₱35.7 million worth of rice combine harvesters to qualified farmers’ cooperatives and associations in Central Luzon. The turnover was held at the Research Outreach Station for...

New seed treatment application option available to soya bean farmers

Successful soya bean production depends on keeping plants healthy from planting to harvesting. Using fungicidal, insecticidal, and plant growth regulator seed treatments helps seedlings reach their full yield potential by protecting them from...

China's Ministry of State Security discloses cases of foreign intelligence agencies illegally obtaining genetic data of key crops

Photo: Courtesy of China’s Ministry of State Security China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Monday disclosed several cases showing that, in recent years, foreign intelligence agencies have intensified infiltration into China's agricultural...

Lifestyle The Cool Down Industrial designer unveils first-of-its-kind machine that could revolutionize farming: 'A new landscape can emerge'

An industrial designer is testing an exciting new agricultural method, replacing standard rectangular fields with circular growing areas. TrendWatching's Daily reported on this new method by Dutch designer and inventor, Floris Schoonderbeek,...