New research claims to raise wheat yields by 50%
A non-toxic chemical intervention induces wheat plants to produce more starch, shows findings published in Nature
In a year when India was forced to import...
Estimating crop yields from space
By using high-res photos snapped by a new wave of compact satellites, crop yield can be estimated from space.
Stanford researchers have developed a new...
Shifting dynamics assures short-term ‘softness’ in fishmeal pricing
A leading fishmeal analyst believes that while limited supply and increasing demand may eventually cause 'tight' markets, global prices are likely to exhibit 'softness'...
OBITUARY
15th Dec, 2016 was a very sad day in the history of Indian Dairying, when one of its tallest stalwarts, Dr. Nek Ram Bhasin,...
Fishmeal and fish oil alternatives are only partial solutions
Although the range of “sustainable” alternatives to fishmeal and fish oil is increasing, these are only “partial solutions”, said Anton Immink, aquaculture director of...
Russian corn reaches Bangladesh market
Russia exported roughly 860 KMT of corn in November 2016. This is 83 per cent more than in November 2015 and the largest ever...
Whether China opens the stock or not will remain a major price driver in...
During 2016, floods in Argentina resulted in supply estimates getting slashed due to the rains hitting during the start of the soybean harvest —...
Positive outlook for Agriculture commodity in 2017
Key agricultural commodities hit multiyear lows last year after several years of strong harvests, but some experts have a mildly optimistic outlook for 2017.
The...
Surplus maize in Zimbawe without GMOs use
ZIMBABWE has the capacity to produce up to 10 times surplus maize for the export market without using genetically modified technology, a Cabinet Minister...
Increasing global production of oilseeds
Global oilseed production is forecast higher in November, primarily on larger soybean crops in the United States and Russia, as well as a larger...
