Agriculture must be and remain a priority, not only for the African Union, not only for the European Union, not only for the world's other major regions, not only for intergovernmental institutions, but also for national, regional and local authorities in each major region.

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Another outbreak of H5N1 low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been reported in Lower Saxony.

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Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday unveiled a Rs. 984.70-crore package to give a stimulus to agriculture production, taking into account the shrinkage of cultivated land and to ensure that farmers got a fair price for their produce.

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Like most farmers, we are finally getting suckler cows and cattle out to grass after seven months of feeding, although some of our bulls were housed as far back as July 13.

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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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Managing Director, Dizengoff West Africa (Nigeria) Limited, Mr. Richard Hargrave, speaks about the enhancement of Nigeria’s agricultural productivity through mechanisation and a more scientific approach to farming. Crusoe Osagie provides excerpts

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Agriculture grew by 3.3 percent to P352.5 billion in the first quarter of the year, with the crops, fishery, poultry and livestock subsectors expanding in January to March, the Department of Agriculture said Friday.

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Chasing mice and missing elephants

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Russia restricts cattle imports from Europe due to Schmallenberg virus risks

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SCOTLAND was yesterday hit with a fine of almost £8 million over a long-running dispute regarding the implementation and regulation of European Union support.

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Experts in banking, farming, insurance and business are expected to discuss ways to improve farmers’ access to financial support already available and to find new ways to help improve their businesses’ resilience.

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The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) may be set to reverse a move designed to make it easier for egg producers to switch packers.

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Kansas City Federal Reserve Omaha Branch Executive Jason Henderson and economist Nathan Kauffman said this week that U.S. agriculture is set for a farm profit decline due to previous capital investments, larger commodity supplies and higher production costs.

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Reports out of Washington indicate that Senate Ag Committee chair Debbie Stabenow may be backing off on plans to incorporate the so-called “egg bill” into the Senate farm bill markup. That markup is expected to take place this week.

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THERE is no such thing as a free ride for the ewes at the South family's Wagin property.

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BARLEY growers in high-rainfall areas will have up to six new high-yielding malting barley varieties to choose from in coming seasons as a replacement for Gairdner.

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Researchers in Brazil looked at the negative effects of fertile egg storage on the egg and the embryo and suggested hatchery management to minimise such problems.

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Widespread agricultural expansion in Brazil destroys equally as much rainforest, negating any benefits for the region. In fact, researchers, publishing a paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters, have called the practice a “no-win situation.”

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At an executive meeting of the State Council, Mr Li said the country's agricultural economy has seen stable development since the start of the year.

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The Chinese government on Wednesday urged greater effort to ensure the smooth agricultural production needed to sustain growth in the world's second-largest economy, amid multiple events that have pummelled the farming industry.

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A study in at Aarhus University looked at 17 Holstein cows in calving pens and bedding selection in the two day run up to calving.

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The European Commission has put forward proposals to change the current legislation governing all official controls in the food and agriculture industries.

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After decades on the sidelines of international agricultural trade, India was poised last year to become a major food supplier, overtaking traditional exporters of grain and meat. This could prove to be flash in the pan.

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Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology is busy preparations to conduct Uttar Pradesh Agriculture and Technology Entrance Test (UPCATTET) which will be held on May 15, 16 and 17. The entrance examination for undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD courses would be held. As many as 16,500 students will take part in UPCATTET at 14 centres in the city.

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QUEENSLAND Agriculture Minister John McVeigh has welcomed the Indonesian government's talk of a possible increase in the live cattle import quota. However, Dr McVeigh said no announcement had yet been made by the Indonesian government.

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The EU Commission will restrict certain uses of three neonicotinoid insecticides for a period of two years starting on 1 December 2013. The restriction follows a long campaign by environmentalists who blame the use of these products for falling bee populations.

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Recently, I have been presented with sheep exhibiting clinical signs of the various conditions that commonly occur

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The Dairy Equipment Scheme is still undersubscribed and approving all applications which meet the scheme requirements.

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According to the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Yair Shamir, "Advancing agricultural and rural settlement and encouraging the demographic growth in peripheral settlements while keeping the environment and nature safe will remain at the top of the Ministry's priorities in the years to come."

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The Ministry of Agriculture announced, Sunday, that it has created a situation room in the area hit by this spring's invasion of locusts.

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Minister of Finance Ken Lipenga has said the agricultural sector in Malawi will increase its vibrancy after signing a K4.1 billion with the Norwegian government to improve research capacity of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar).

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If you are like most people, you think about Salmonella when you hear about pathogenic bacteria from chicken. Infection from Campylobacter jejuni bacteria is far more common, however, and is the commonest cause of bacterial diarrhoea in western countries, reports Wenche Aale Hægermark for Nofima.

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The Russian food market offers great export opportunities for foreign producers

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THERE was unanimous support for only one issue yesterday at the EU Agricultural Council yesterday and that was a need to have all the main bones of the next common agricultural policy (CAP) settled by the end of June when the Irish will lose the council presidency.

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Using impartial mediators to smooth over the conflict between producers and the rest of the industry could stop the ‘abuse’ of dairy farmers, say the UPA.

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The Sri Lankan and Ugandan delegations led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Yoweri Museveni held bilateral talks yesterday at the State House in the city of Entebbe, approximately 40kms south of the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

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Aviagen SweChick recently held its annual customer seminar, attended by representatives of the company’s customer base across Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark.

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Creative, one of the largest producers of oil and fat products in Ukraine, is planning to build a duck farm capable of growing 10 million heads of ducks per year, making it one of the largest duck farms in the country

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The NFU is calling on CAP reform negotiators to reject proposals from the European Parliament that would see a return to supply controls in the dairy sector once the existing quota system expires in 2015.

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UK Dairy Day, an exciting new dairy farming trade event, will be launched next year on Wednesday 17th September 2014. The venue is the Telford International Centre in Shropshire, a dynamic exhibition location with over 10,000m2 of exhibition space, all of it under one roof.

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The holy grail of achieving 30 piglets per sow per year is not only a hot number in Europe. United States-based feed company Purina Animal Nutrition has been coaching producers to achieve this number. One way to do so is knowing and comparing.

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Farmers use 200 million pounds of the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) every year to grow food without weeds. This leads us to ask…

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CHINESE demand for New Zealand dairy products has well and truly “kicked”, however there is not enough Kiwi supply to satisfy "the dragon’s" increasing consumption needs, providing opportunities for Australian dairy exports, according to a Rabobank dairy expert touring regional Victoria this week.

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A huge lift in the sowing of forage crops is being reported as farmers seek to pre-empt another fodder crisis next winter.

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Taking part in a trade mission to the Netherlands in May last year continues to yield dividends for the agriculture focused Rodney Magowan Press and PR Agency.

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25.1% of spring planting in Russia is fulfilled

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah will join African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka and Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson to launch the Agriculture Fast Track Fund in Cape Town, South Africa. This is a first-of-its-kind fund that will encourage greater private investment in agriculture infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Values of dairy exports from June to March fell slightly, despite a shipments rise, according to Dairy Australia’s Export Summary.

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About three per cent of egg and environmental samples from farms in Bareilly were found to be positive for Salmonella but the relatively high antibiotic resistance among the bacteria was raised as a concern by scientists carrying out the study

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Consumer confidence in meat products will be boosted by the Department of Agriculture’s decision to establish a central, equine database on the Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) system, which contains data on cattle, sheep and pigs.

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