Immigration and the future of California farming

This story originally aired on “Marketplace” on July 3. Listen to Marketplace each weekday at 6:00 p.m. on KVPR. California’s agricultural industry is absolutely massive. The state grows about a third of the country’s vegetables, three-quarters of...

Alleged N600m Agribusiness Fraud: Court Revokes Bail Over Forged Medical Report

News Investigators/ An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday revoked the bail of agrorite promoter, Toyosi Ayodele, for presenting a forged medical report in an attempt to obstruct trial proceedings. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...

Scientists show off climate-smart, disease-resistant crops at Jinja agricultural show

Scientists show off climate-smart, disease-resistant crops at Jinja agricultural show Last week, during the 2025 Jinja Agricultural Show, the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) introduced to our crew, a range of new crop varieties...

Two Longford farms with derelict houses guided at €10,000-12,000/ac

Two Longford farms are up for sale with guide prices ranging from €10,000/ac to €12,500/ac. Both have derelict houses that may qualify for the vacant property refurbishment grant, and both are being sold by Padraic Davis.An 18ac holding at...

Get farming into schools: "A quiet revolution is happening across the UK's classrooms and farmyards"

A quiet revolution is happening across the UK's classrooms and farmyards. Teachers are planting food with their students. Farmers are opening their gates for school visits and helping children discover where food really comes from. Young people...

Uncontrolled sale of agricultural land in Uttarakhand completely banned

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that land law has come into force in the state for land management and land system and reform. With this, in accordance with public sentiment, the uncontrolled sale of agricultural and...

PM seeks comprehensive action plan to boost agri production

Improving agricultural productivity, value addition, and increasing agri exports are top priorities of govt: PM Shehbaz Emphasizes government should benefit from internationally renowned experts for effective use of AI, modern technology in...

Fish-farming companies stashing plastic garbage along Newfoundland coast, conservation group alleges

Open this photo in gallery:Degraded and broken sea cages and old salmon farming equipment tied together and anchored at The Locker near Gaultois, N.L., in a supplied photo.Andrew Clarke/The Canadian Press An eastern Canadian conservation group is...

Federal Agriculture Minister to visit Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede is officially underway, along with the rodeo, midway and live entertainment... the event also showcases agriculture and Alberta's ranching history It's a chance to step back in time and experience life on the farm and ranch,...

Trump Agriculture Chief Mocked for Suggesting Medicaid Recipients Could Replace Deported Farm Workers

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday drew instant jeers when she defended the mass deportation of immigrant farm laborers and suggested that they could be replaced by Americans who are currently enrolled in Medicaid. While speaking...

Agriculture sector: World’s largest freshwater guzzler

BEFORE the sun rises, billions of people across the globe begin their day with one pressing concern: how to put food on the table. But behind every meal lies an invisible cost— the world’s freshwater reserves, dwindling fast and undervalued. For...

Building Resilient Food Systems In Sierra Leone: Sustainable Agriculture, Community Empowerment, And Strategic Partnerships For Long-Term Food Security

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ACCRA, Ghana, July 8, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL), through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) working with its development partners, the Food and Agriculture...

Romania’s Agricover Credit signs RON 100 mln loan agreement with European Fund for South-East Europe

Agricover Credit IFN, a financial institution specializing in financing farmers, part of Agricover Group, and the European Fund for South-East Europe, signed a new loan agreement worth RON 100 million. The financing is granted for seven years....

Crunching the carbon numbers

The workshop was held on Tuesday, July 2, and Mr Nicholson said it was a success. “It was good. I think people got a bit out of it,” he said. “There were four broad areas that we covered.” One was around understanding the pressures and where the...

‘Name and shame’ rate notices for fire levy

The ESVF is the new and controversial tax that councils are being required to collect for the government. RCV has produced a rates notice template to help councils clearly show ratepayers which charges are Victorian Government requirements. In the...

Risk of spill updated for G-MW systems

Water Environment will be protected, says VEWH Despite falling levels in the region’s storages and reduced opening allocations for irrigators, the custodian of Victoria’s environmental water says there is sufficient water to meet its environmental...

Youths engage in taro farming

YOUTH members of the Besi Youth Association in the highlands of North Malaita have planted nearly 1000 taro suckers in a move to embrace agriculture and make a living. This initiative reflects the group’s commitment and dedication to farming as a...

Minister of Agriculture summoned to parliament about Single Request and RDP

The parliamentary committees of Chega and PCP have submitted requirements that were approved today in the parliamentary Agriculture committee, confirmed by Maurício Marques (PSD), the committee’s president. In addition to José Manuel Fernandes,...

Growth Fund on track for GoodLife Agriculture

Farming Simulator 25 finally figures out what the rest of us already knew: you gotta have some fishing in your farming game

Those pounding footsteps you hear approaching from the distance? That's Giants Software, makers of Farming Simulator 25. They're finally catching up with the rest of us. Ask any virtual farmer what they like to do when they're not planting seeds...