The latest spell of heavy rains in Gujarat may appear to have saved the State from sinking into a drought, but for the current kharif crops such as cotton, it has pushed back the harvest period by at ...
A global glyphosate shortage has triggered warnings for farmers to review their autumn requirements for the world’s most widely used herbicide.Supply has struggled to keep up with demand and manufactu...
With urea values already firm in the west, the situation has escalated further this week owing to the rapid ascent in spot gas prices in Europe. Ukrainian producers are now being forced to consider cu...
The stewardship of soil health is integral to maintaining planetary wellbeing, and it is essential for plant health and yield. Therefore, it is ironic that current agricultural practices – which grew ...
Increased home gardening activity and commercial investment in greenspaces like office gardens will boost demand for pesticides in the US and other affluent countries with significant lawn and garden ...
When white-fluffy balls held by shrubby plants started to disappear from farms in Kenya's eastern lowlands almost three decades ago, so did processors, cooperatives alongside other key value chain act...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched two practical instruments designed to encourage soil organic carbon maintenance and sequestration, a key tool for clima...
The bioinsecticides market segment grew 113% in Brazil in the 2020-2021 season, according to survey data from strategic information agency Spark Smarter Decisions released exclusively to AgroPages.The...
Every year between 2004 and 2013, swathes of cabbage grown in fields and greenhouses across New York were attacked by a lethal bacteria that severely wilted the leaves, sometimes making the vegetables...
Subjecting Kenya’s gene-edited crops to the same regulations as those developed through genetic modification could unnecessarily slow their release to farmers and consumers, warned the director of the...
Driving around you can see this year's crops look in good shape, but what you can't see is a new pest is devastating some Indiana farm fields.Farmers in Culver said it took less than two days for the ...
