A pledge by the Ivorian government to pursue a 10-year Poultry Farming Revitalisation Plan is reaping results.

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A simple but effective stocking policy has earned Paparoa farmers Janine and Ken Hames recognition in this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

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THE ISSUE of optimum sowing dates is something that is intensely scrutinised among the farming sector. The wide range of planting dates for the same crop you can see paddock by paddock reflect that it is very much an individual decision for farmers.

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At the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, researchers looked at the effects of relative humidity and turning in incubators machines on the incubation yield and chick performance Study: Incubation’s impact on yield and chick performance

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Danone (BN), owner of Activia yogurt and Evian water, will spend about 325 million euros ($417 million) to form a joint venture and invest in China’s biggest dairy producer to expand its brands in the most populous nation.

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Government food safety groups have begun a milk quality investigation after 17,000 litres of milk failed to meet quality standard INEN 9 in Guayaquil last week.

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On 23 May 2013, CEJA, the European Council of Young Farmers, participated in the Croatian Conference on the “Future for EU young agricultural entrepreneurs” organised by Croatian young farmer association, HUMP AGRO.

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This year is proving to be an exceptionally difficult one for all farmers. While there were some opportunities on some farms for slurry spreading in March and early April, weather conditions continue to make travelling in fields very difficult.

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The traditional approach of treating lambs for parasitic roundworms at five to six weeks, 10 weeks and 14 weeks of age is no longer the advised treatment route for lambs.

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Glanbia is reviewing a 'potential joint venture' with the Chinese food giant Bright Food but a company spokesman dampened down media reports that both companies were on the verge of a deal.

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The Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) report that over 500 pedigree-registered bull calves, born since mid-February, have achieved a genomic EBI of €200 or greater.

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Martin Clinton, Loughbarne, Co Dublin, with his neighbour, Paul Rice, planting Roosters for Largo Foods on rented ground at Skerries, Co Dublin.

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FAMILIES have been hit with a 10pc hike in the cost of locally produced food because of the cold winter and delayed spring.

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Farmers in the city of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, have begun planting rice in a district once designated a no-go zone because of radioactive fallout ejected by the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant.

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Prices of dairy products extended their decline from a record high as a resurgent US dollar weighed more generally on commodity prices and concerns abated about the impact of drought in the North Island.

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Warm moist April weather has resulted in welcome high-pasture growth rates and covers on the Stratford Demonstration farm, but cold May weather will now slow this down.

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Environmentalists fear the Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act would remove its primary focus of protecting the environment and weight it toward economic development. But many farmers will back its aim to make resource consents simpler, faster and fewer.

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Australian business and sustainability adviser and former Greenpeace International executive director Paul Gilding will speak in Dunedin this week.

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Write a regular column on sustainability and it's natural to discuss climate-change facts and issues from time to time. Do it often enough and the climate change deniers will be happy to tell you what they think. Letters to the editor "rebuttals" can offer some whacky stuff, but they are small potatoes compared to the well-oiled misinformation machine.

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The importance of communication has been stressed by those involved with Mitchell and Webster Group - the supreme winner of this year's Otago Ballance farm environment awards.

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Fermanagh Grassland Club continued the celebration of its Golden Jubilee year, by staying closer to home for its annual outing. The event had one of the largest attendances for farm walks of around 100 farmers.

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The Department of Agriculture in partnership with corn industry groups recently sent an initial shipment of 24 metric tons (MT) of corn feed silage for cattle to Busan, South Korea.

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Romania’s agricultural potential, more often than not unexploited, needs a long-terms strategy. This is one of the conclusions of a recent conference in Bucharest that brought together authorities, experts and farmers.

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A large feed mill with a production capacity of 500 tonnes of feed per day is to be built in the eastern part of Russia. The mill will supply feed to a new pig farm (also in the planning) with a capacity of 300,000 pigs – originating from Ireland, a rarity for Russia.

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Ben was about the poorest sheepdog around, and I can say that from pretty close observation as he was the shepherd’s dog on my father’s farm. The shepherd had rescued him from the cab of the knackery lorry with his previous owner obviously weary of his inability to be a proper sheepdog.

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Meeting the International Monetary Fund delegation at State House Entebbe recently, President Museveni said a deliberate move is necessary to change the attitude of the people to adopt commercial agriculture and also move fast on infrastructure, particularly the development of energy, roads and railway lines.

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Sheep dog enthusiasts from all over Europe turned out in force for the popular May sales fixture at Skipton Auction Mart.

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Pig and Poultry producers are being urged to become ambassadors for their sectors as part of an initiative to recruit more young people and avoid an impending gap in skills and knowledge.

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Legal issues regarding manure hauling, as well as issues surrounding equipment inspections and highway safety, will be discussed by Ohio State University experts and others during a joint workshop and meeting of the Midwest Professional Nutrient Applicators Association June 11 in Findlay, Ohio.

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Chile’s Agricola Ariztia, one of the country’s largest poultry producers, has commissioned Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies for the supply and installation of a new Grand Parent hatchery in Lagunillas (near Casablanca).

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THE recent string of wet and wild weather events hasn't done much to change the State's estimated plantings for the 2013/14 season.

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Fonterra is installing two new, state-of-the-art milk silos at its Cobden manufacturing site in south-west Victoria.

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THE gap is getting wider when it comes to comparing farmers' productivity and profitability.

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LAKE Grace farmer Doug Dunham is frustrated at the lack of progress by the State Government in dealing with agricultural issues.

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BREWERS hope a new barley variety released commercially this year will have end use characteristics that produce a crisper and longer lasting lager.

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MILK prices for the 2013-14 season are tipped to open at $5 a kilogram for milk solids – an increase of more than 10 per cent from last year's opening price, according to Dairy Australia's 2013 Situation and Outlook report released last week.

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For the third year in a row, a blue cheese from Victoria has taken out the top award in the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show’s (RQFWS) Cheese and Dairy Produce competition.

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Private equity investment into China’s agriculture sector sagged in 2012, but with the government vowing to modernize farming methods and general growing demand for food, going back to the land increasingly is looking like a good bet.

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Croatia will be the partner country at the 80th international agriculture fair in Novi Sad, Serbia which will feature more than 1,500 exhibitors from 60 countries, reporters were told in Novi Sad on Thursday.

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Farming may be a losing proposition for many in the country, but an agriculture degree could fetch you a well-paying job in no time.

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Hard work and inspiration are the first words that come to mind when I look at the list of finalists who made it through to the last round of the 2013 JFC innovation awards. Fourteen businesses from across Ireland are in with a chance to win €40,000 in prizes, as well as recognition for the hard work each one has done in starting and developing their successful business.

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The end of this month is the closing date for applications and nominations in the search for Macra na Feirme’s FBD Young Farmer of the Year.

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The Executive Board of the World Bank on 25 April approved two credits for a total of $150 million to improve Mozambique's agricultural performance.

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Genetics and swine husbandry have moved on apace in 20 years, yet the swine industry globally is struggling with a lack of improvement in overall litter performance. How to deal with multi-factorial problems like MMA or PHS?

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The directors of a Mangakino farming company fined $30,000 for breaches of the Resource Management Act have expressed their "shame" at being labelled dirty dairy farmers.

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The Ministry of Primary Industries has moved to reassure overseas consumers that New Zealand milk is safe after a Sri Lankan government minister warned it could be contaminated with radioactive chemicals.

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A large feed mill with a production capacity of 500 tonnes of feed per day is to be built in the eastern part of Russia. The mill will supply feed to a new pig farm (also in the planning) with a capacity of 300,000 pigs – originating from Ireland, a rarity for Russia.

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So FAR so good but watch out in the future was the message from the NFUS yesterday after it reported no positive samples in a survey as to whether the Schmallenberg virus had entered Scottish dairy farms.

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Subsidy increases are available for sheep, goat and cattle farmers who operate geographically unique production methods to ensure product quality and originality.

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Government has asked investors to stop branding the agricultural sector as a risky area to invest if the country is to address the key destabilizing challenge of agricultural risks.

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