Crop Crack: Time to get cleaning ahead of harvest

Now is a good time to start cleaning stores in preparation for the harvest. Bear in mind that no insect pests of grain come in from the field – they are all in the store or on associated machinery just waiting for the grain to arrive. Pests such...

AI Robots Fill In For Weed Killers And Farm Hands

Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds. As farms across the United States face a shortage of laborers and...

Suffolk farmer educates Labour MPs on sustainable practices

Three backbench Labour MPs have been shown around a Suffolk arable farm as part of a pan-industry scheme to improve their understanding of the contribution farming makes to the environment while producing affordable food. James Naish, MP for...

Photo of the Week: 3 farming generations out grass silaging

This week’s photo of the week was taken at Mawley Town Farm, in South Shropshire, by Rachel Robinson. It shows three generations of the Robinsons ranging from 18 to 80 years old. The youngest is Samuel and the oldest is grandpa David, who is...

How Cornish mixed farm gains from regen stacking

Cornish farmer David Oates is set to see more money coming in from stacking regenerative actions on his mixed family farm than from the old Basic Payment Scheme subsidy. He is looking to maximise the potential of the land using a range of regen...

Academics critique Farming Simulator's portrayal of 'good farming' and praise modders for agro-ecology add-ons

It's sometimes weird to see what academics make of videogames, coming to the medium as they do with a very different set of principles and goals than most gamers and critics. One recent paper in the Journal of Rural Studies is about a game that's...

Vertical solar panels set to alter the look of Japan’s farmland

Solar panels stand vertically on a rice paddy in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. (Shota Tomonaga) ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture--Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the...

Experts warn that crucial farming sector could face tough year ahead: 'Nearly 70% of farmers affected'

Australian dairy farmers and consumers may be in for a rough rest of the year, as extreme weather conditions pose risks to livestock and production, while operating costs could cut into profits. What's happening? Dairy Australia's Mid-Year...

Madhya Pradesh: Congress Leaders Interact With Farmers At Krishi Mandi In Mandsaur

Madhya Pradesh: Congress Leaders Interact With Farmers At Krishi Mandi In Mandsaur | FP Photo Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh): "Due to the wrong policies of the central government, soybean is not getting a fair price, it should be purchased at the...

Farmer Focus: Crops look good, but profitability a concern

I farm in the north of County Dublin and surrounding areas on a large family farm with seven brothers and their seven sons all working together in one shared business. We work together on mostly shared land, with shared machinery inputs and...

US potato farms impress visiting Scottish growers

The group, all members of the Pre Basic Growers Association, travelled to Montana and Idaho, which accounts for almost a third of total US potato production, growing more than 6.5 million tonnes annually. They saw production on a scale far beyond...

French wheat, barley harvests speed ahead, maize rating drops

PARIS: Harvesting of wheat and barley was running well ahead of the usual pace by Monday, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday, as hot weather sped up field work in the European Union’s biggest grain producer. Farmers had harvested 11% of the...

Japan anxious for farmers to produce more rice

Japan is to implement a new agricultural policy for rice from 2027 as a rice shortage leads to a historic price spike and exposes the limitations of the old policy For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice...

Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of insect that evolves to eat more crops: 'Further spread ... to other European countries is to be expected'

A new agricultural threat is quickly spreading through Europe, and it's only a few millimeters long, according to Euractiv. Farmers in Germany are raising the alarm about a tiny insect, known as the reed leafhopper, that has evolved to feed on and...

‘Pretty much on track’: Historic Longview Farmers Market busy after good growing season

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A very productive June for East Texas growers has one farmers market doing very good business. The Historic Longview Farmers Market can often be an indicator as to how good the summer growing season will be. Whether it’s...

Oberlin Farmers Market offers variety of home grown produce, meats and more

The Oberlin Farm Market offered patrons a variety of homemade goods and food along with the pleasant sounds of live music playing quietly in the background on July 5. The market is held each Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon from May until October....

Srinagar Farmers Battle Deepening Water Crisis as Paddy Fields Wither in Heatwave

Srinagar, July 5: In the paddy-growing pockets on the outskirts of Srinagar, a quiet crisis is unfolding — one that threatens the survival of hundreds of farming families. As Kashmir faces one of its worst dry spells in decades, farmers in areas...

Falling Price Of Grains: Taraba farmers shift attention to cash crops

Farmers Of Tiruppur, TN Appeal For Release Of PAP Water To Vattamalai Dam Amid Drought Crisis

(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, July 5 (IANS) Amid worsening drought conditions in parts of Tiruppur district, farmers have urged authorities to release water from the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) to the Vattamalai Dam, which supports irrigation and...

Paddy to petals: Sangrur farmer finds prosperity in marigold, has eyes set on roses

In Punjab’s Pedni Kalan village in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district, 41-year-old Sukhdeep Singh has carved out a vibrant niche, not with MSP-backed wheat or paddy, but with marigolds. Over the past decade, he has transformed his eight-acre farm...