Agriculture groups react to signing of federal budget "One Big Beautiful Bill"

July 7, 2025: The U.S. House passed the U.S. Senate’s version of the federal budget reconciliation and tax cuts bill July 3, 2025. President Donald Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law on July 4. The federal spending bill includes...

Agriculture secretary pledges quick action on farm labor

Published 9:35 am Monday, July 7, 2025 Brooke Rollins, U.S. secretary of agriculture, appears on stage at the state fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, where she launched a program called the Great American State Fair, which will travel across the...

Meet the farming family growing diverse vegetables in west France

Leon Admiraal shows local French schoolchildren some tomato plants Le Petit Haricot Leon Admiraal and Babette Dejong moved from Utrecht in Holland to Vayres in Haute-Vienne (87) in 2010. “We completely changed our lives. In Holland, I was a...

Farming under solar panels? Midwest growers test agrivoltaics

Researchers are studying whether solar energy systems can operate alongside farming without removing land from agricultural production. Charles Gould, a bioenergy educator with Michigan State University Extension, said farmers could benefit from...

Agriculture college to host TEDx event today

ITC to scale up value-added agri products portfolio: Annual report

Diversified conglomerate ITC Limited said that the strategic focus of its agriculture business continues to be on accelerating growth by scaling up its value-added agri-products portfolio. In the annual report for 2024-25, the...

Modern coffee farming practices emphasised

DODOMA: THE government has emphasised the urgent need for coffee farmers to adopt modern agricultural practices, improve the use of inputs, strengthen extension services and invest in irrigation systems to enhance productivity and build resilience...

Committee on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Visits Ministry of Food and Agriculture and its agencies

Aiyedatiwa Calls For FG Partnership To Boost Agriculture In Ondo

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has called for stronger collaboration with the Federal Government through the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) to promote mechanised farming and enhance food security in the state....

Suspected arson threatens cane farming in Labasa

Cane farmers in Waidamudamu, Labasa, are grappling with repeated fire incidents that have devastated their farms, slashing production and leaving many questioning their future in the industry. Veteran farmer Chandar Bhan, who lost both his home...

Darragh McCullough: 19 days off a year? No wonder dairy farming can’t get new entrants

The average worker gets 135 days off. Farmers need proper time off. 'Even the top 25pc of dairy farmers are only getting the equivalent of every second Sunday off and a week’s holidays. That’s an appalling indictment of the attractiveness of...

Digging deeper: How soil spectroscopy is revolutionizing agriculture in The Gambia

“It could be a ‘game-changer’ for our work” A breakthrough in efficient, accurate, and scalable soil diagnostics is taking root in The Gambia —one that will facilitate the scaling of soil health information across the country and may even prove to...

Protecting agricultural land is food security, says Ontario farm family backing private member's bill

Too often, vegetable farmer George Deleebeeck sees good farmland getting turned into housing. "Some of the best lands are places where lots are going into," Deleebeeck said of his southwestern Ontario community. Meanwhile, sites that aren't arable...

Further US trade concessions will "cripple" UK farming - NFU

UK farming can not be expected to carry any further burden as a result of unfavourable trade deals with the US, according to the NFU. Any further agricultural concessions, it said, would cripple an already hard-pressed farming and growing sector...

‘A real honour’: Farming company comes out on top with award win

The co-owner of a farming company said he feels honoured after scooping up a regional business award. A total of 70 entries were received for the Norfolk Rural Business Awards, with the winners and runners up in nine different categories unveiled...

In Uganda, Deadly Landslides Force an Agricultural Reckoning

Nestled in Uganda’s Kamwanyi village on the lush western slopes of Mount Elgon — a vast, 24-million-year-old extinct volcano that straddles the border between Uganda and Kenya — Francis Gidegi’s three-acre farm benefits from fertile soils, cool...

Digital transformation of dairy farming

The dairy sector is crucial for both economic support and food security with an effective value chain that supports the livelihoods to millions. Despite its substantial contribution in Pakistan’s GDP, dairy producers, particularly small livestock...

Buncombe County Schools hosts free agriculture camp for 5th to 8th graders

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Buncombe County Schools started its summer agricultural camp running from July 7 to July 10. The free four-day camp is designed for fifth to eighth grade students currently enrolled in the county. The summer camp...

IMF Board approval: $370m disbursement should be channelled into agric – Economist

Economist Professor Patrick Asuming, has welcomed the International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board approval of Ghana’s fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme. The approval paves the way for the disbursement of $370...

Newly-named Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity is looking for new hires

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state is looking to fill 44 positions in the newly-named State Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. The new hires are part of a nearly $26.6 million appropriation to protect Hawaii from invasive species and...