http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&catid=132News Feed for - Agriculturehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96242451&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T19:26:00ARTOIS, Calif. An oil boom is underway in the state's agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward healthy fare have transformed a profession as old as civilization: olive production San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96186079&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T16:56:00(Albuquerque Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- To the outside world, this was Sheldon Cooper from 'Big Bang Theory' in a fist fight with Steve Urkel from 'Family Matters' TMC Nethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96246149&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T20:33:00KOTTAYAM: The situation continues to be grim in the western, low-lying areas of the district, with two more cattle deaths being reported from Aarpookkara and Vechoor panchayats, respectively, due to foot The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96245807&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T20:28:00Advts: Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Other States- Uttar Pradesh Special Correspondent They are demanding a price of Rs. 280 per quintal Government has already declared a State Advised The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96244446&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T20:02:00Professor M.S. Swaminathan's outspoken advocacy of the need for a second Green Revolution to put Indian agriculture back on track with spirited support from the media, which was dealt with in this column The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96244398&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T20:01:00The Government wants to relax the restrictions on marine farming and create a $1 billion industry by 2025. Plans to prise open harbours for new fish and shellfish farms have fishermen worried they and New Zealand Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96243258&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T19:33:00TUMMIDI HATTI (ADILABAD DT.): Despite steps having been initiated to the contrary, farmers in Adilabad district who have a proximity to the ambitious Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevelle Sujaja Sravanthi The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96243199&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T19:32:00Need for farmers federation in each village stressed Joint effort essential to address various issues Bangalore: There will be no end to farmers woes until they are assured of a remunerative price for The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96238395&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T17:53:00BAS cites expansion of harvest area Philippine Daily Inquirer Filed Under: Economy and Business and Finance, Agriculture, Machine Manufacturing CORN production in the fourth quarter may exceed year-ago Philippine Daily Inquirerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96235035&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T16:43:00The following is an excerpt from a letter submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheires in response to Claude Clarke's Public Affairs article of November 8 titled, 'The US$900m myth'. Claude Jamaica Gleanerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96171970&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T20:57:00OTTAWA - Companies that buy grain may be getting more than they paid for. The Canadian Wheat Board, apparently for no reason, shared 'sensitive information' about farmers with companies that buy and handle BX93http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96158024&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T00:24:00Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ GS: SEED) (Origin), a leading technology-focused supplier of crop seeds and agri-biotech research in China, today announced it has received the Bio-safety Certificate from Houston Chroniclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96227831&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T10:59:00Troubled automaker ready to repay government bailouts as it gets close to mounting a turnaround Share Share Is it too early to call a GM turnaround? Less than five months after emerging from bankruptcy Toronto Star Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96227524&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T10:56:00SAN JOSE, Antique â?? An estimated P8.5 million was lost in the worst tungro virus infestation that hit Antique farmlands. This estimate is based on the average of 85 sacks per hectare at P11 per kilogram Panay Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221872&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T08:46:00CNH Global N.V. has appointed Andreas Klauser president and chief executive officer of Case IH Agricultural Equipment, effective November 30. He succeeds Randal W. Baker, who, on the same day, moves to Diesel Progresshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96206851&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T04:41:00S Korean, Kuwaiti, US investors boost production His dairy farm now has 300 Jersey cows, some of which came from among 800 imported from South Africa to start cattle farms in the region. It's a sharp Business Reporthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96243869&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T19:47:00Allied Chairman John Loughlin tells Michael Wilson why Allied want to take on HanoverâÂ?Â?s problem loans Link: New drilling to boost oil and gas sector With a number of offshore oil fields about to Scoophttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96202587&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T03:02:00"Oh. Really?" "Yes, it's amazing. The Aboriginal and Asian influence, the Indians, the Lebanese, the Greeks, even the South Africans." But the truth is no matter how multicultural Australians might believe Times Live South Africahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96200511&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T02:22:00The boom of the social networks is also at the agricultural sector. In April, the firm CI2T www.ci2t.es created the especialized network AGRO 2.0 www.agro20.com and it has already more than 500 members. Fresh Plazahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96200420&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T02:20:00Virginia's agricultural exports to Cuba are expected to be up by more than 10 percent this year, even as overall U.S. food exports to the communist country decline, state officials said. The state's exports Fresh Plazahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96200414&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T02:20:00Forty tons of organic aromatic herbs are exported annually to Switzerland by farmers from the departments of Arequipa and Moquegua in southern Peru, said Jose Lombardi, executive director of NGO El Taller Fresh Plazahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96200393&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T02:20:00Citrus farmers in the Akuapem South Municipality have appealed to the Government to establish a fruit processing factory in the area to save them from post harvest losses. They claimed that, during harvest Fresh Plazahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96200228&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T02:16:00Syngenta, the Basel provider of crop protection solutions, signed a long-term agreement to supply Makhteshim-Agan, the Airport City, Israel, agrichemicals specialist, with the fungicide azoxystrobin. Fresh Plazahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96200184&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T02:15:00Food inflation shot up to 14.55% for the first week of November, fuelled by higher prices of staple items such as potatoes, onions and pulses. Food inflation had been 13.68% for the week ended 31 October. Fresh Plazahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96199858&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=1322009-11-22T02:05:00At prices up to 10 times sale estimates, a herd of creamers proved more than worthy beasts, writes Peter Fish. A herd of pottery cows caused a bit of startled mooing in Sotheby's Melbourne salerooms earlier The Age