Larry Chase, professor and extension specialist in Dairy Nutrition at Cornell University recently conducted a dairy nutrition meeting at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Office in Mexico. The meeting was designed to help show the dairy farmers options for feeding their cattle and help offset the increase price of corn. Larry Chase, professor and extension specialist in Dairy Nutrition at Cornell University recently conducted a dairy nutrition meeting at the Cornell Cooperative Extension...

QUALISOY is a collaborative effort within the soybean industry to help market soybeans that contain healthier oils, improve soybean meal, and increase the global competitiveness of the U. The board's principal duties include reviewing and approving insurance policies, plans, and related materials, including modifications. The FCIC board of directors helps manage the federal crop insurance program. The board also can reimburse organizations for their research, development, and maintenance...

Shyam Singh a traditional wheat farmer switched to strawberry farming has helped his make double the money he invested. Three years ago, backed by the state horticulture department, he started strawberry farming across 36 kanals of land with an investment of Rs 20,000. Low temperatures and bright sunshine have attracted over 200 farmers to opt for strawberry farming. Jammu and Kashmir is famous the world over for its quality apples but given its immense growth in three years strawberries...

Australians will have to accept genetically modified food if the agriculture industry is to continue in an era of climate change, an Adelaide expert says. Prof Tester said he understood current opposition to GM crops because the public could not see any benefit but technological improvements would produce better crops for the future with less stress on the environment. Prof Tester said a current GM study focused on improving the "toughness" genes of plants so they could survive in extended...

Lack of rain raises spectre of drought May 02, 2007 By Jack Elliott Special to the Times With very little precipitation in 2006 continuing on into the winter and early spring of 2007, the west end of Rainy River District faces the spectre of a continuing drought into the growing season. Lack of rain raises spectre of drought May 02, 2007 By Jack Elliott Special to the Times With very little precipitation in 2006 continuing on into the winter and early spring of 2007, the west end of Rainy...

Angolan Finance minister, Jos Pedro de Morais, admitted, in Huambo province (centre) the possibility of a rapid integration of the region's high production into the commercial network of the "Nosso Super", currently being implemented by the Government in the country. Angolan Finance minister, Jos Pedro de Morais, admitted, in Huambo province (centre) the possibility of a rapid integration of the region's high production into the commercial network of the "Nosso Super", currently being...

The crop insurance program has been a big question mark in the debate over the 2007 Farm Bill. In USDA's farm bill proposal, it recommended "gap coverage," a new crop insurance policy to cover deductibles. House Subcommittee Reviews Crop Insurance Compiled By Staff. The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing Tuesday to review the crop insurance industry. House Ag Committee Chairman Rep. In testimony before the subcommittee, USDA Chief...

Officially, the company denies that, with a spokeswoman in Dublin pointing out that permission for the trials, granted in 2006 by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), despite angry public protests, covers a five-year period. A major selling point for the project is that the potatoes would be resistant to blight, a disease that wiped out the national crop in the 19th century and led to a famine that decimated the population. For the second year in succession, BASF, the German...

The Hindu News Update Service. to introduce weather-based crop insurance scheme New Delhi, April 16 (PTI): Confronted with incidents of farmer suicides due to drought and other factors, government will soon introduce a comprehensive weather-based crop specific insurance scheme in Maharashtra and a few other states. to introduce weather-based crop insurance scheme New Delhi, April 16 (PTI): Confronted with incidents of farmer suicides due to drought and other factors, government will soon...