http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=69&catid=132News Feed for - Agriculturehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96610632&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-27T00:52:00Want to be sexy? Don't eat meat - that's the message behind a campaign to promote vegetarianism in China, where meat consumption is booming on the back of rapid economic growth.South China Morning Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96609879&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-27T00:43:00Canada's National Farmers Union plans to launch a new nationwide awareness campaign focused on the 'rapid decline' in the number of farmers, particularly young and beginning farmers. The NFU plans to Manitoba Cooperatorhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96576228&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T15:58:00NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Cane farmers in Uttar Pradesh have called off their stir after sugar mills promised higher prices, an influential farmers' leader said on Thursday, paving the way for large-scale Reuters Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96577488&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T16:12:00* Industry groups expect approval of GMO maize type in days * Approval will enable large U.S. soybean sales to EU HAMBURG, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The European Union is expected to approve imports of a maize Reuters UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96562932&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T15:27:00JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Maize output in South Africa, the continent's biggest producer of the grain, fell to 12.05 million tonnes in 2008/09 due to lower plantings, the country's Crop Estimates Committee Reuters Africahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96549182&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T07:37:00Public opposition to genetically modified food is based on emotion rather than reason, a Food Standards Agency report which will help shape future Government policy claims. A protest against GM crops Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96547271&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T07:00:00Public opposition to genetically modified food is based on �??emotion�?� rather than �??reason�?�, a Food Standards Agency report which will help shape future Government policy claims. The study published Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96470122&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T06:27:00A bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement between South Africa and Zimbabwe is unconstitutional and will be challenged in court, AfriForum said on Wednesday. 'It excludes people [farmers] IAfrica.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96530584&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T04:22:00Company: Mineral Resources Inc (MRLS) The Bangladesh government Wednesday decided to allocate 1664MW electricity daily for farmers to ensure uninterrupted irrigation in the coming boro season to ensure Zibbhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96530137&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T03:31:00Kholil and Basar Suyanto, farmers in Kediri, East Java, have been detained since last Idul Fitri holiday in September for stealing a watermelon on a nearby field, Tempointeraktif.com reported Thursday. Jakarta Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96528367&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T03:10:00But the company's shares hit a 52-week high Deere and Co. said sales of tractors, combines and other agricultural mainstays slumped in its fiscal fourth quarter, and it expects farmers to remain cautious Chicago Tribunehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96585850&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T19:19:00Paying workers less is a recipe for disaster, said Labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana on Thursday, SABC news reported. He was speaking during his visit in De Doorns in the Boland which was recently Pretoria Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96488258&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-25T19:06:00Somali farmers or cut aid - CNN.com cnnIsIntl -1) ? true : false;var clickID (cnnIsIntl) ? 212106 : 211911;var cnnShareTitle encodeURIComponent('Militia warns UN to buy from Somali farmers or cut cnnShareDesc CNNhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96469105&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-25T19:26:00MARKETS-GRAINS/ (UPDATE 3): * Dollar low since August 2008 spurs commodity buying * Corn up after six-day drop; wheat recoups part of fall * Soybeans trail grains as profit-taking weighs (Recasts with Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96606764&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T23:54:00Agriculture is the most important activity carried out by most Papua New Guineans and dominates life physcially, culturally, economically, socially and nutritionally. And yet it is undervalued and a misunderstood ABC Radio Australiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96605305&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T23:34:00supermarkets. It added: �??There was a lack of knowledge about how labelling and regulation currently works and a view that the current system is confusing. �??There was widespread support for labelling FoodBizDailyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96602823&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T22:59:00KARUR: Farmers should make use of the various welfare schemes of the State Government and benefit out of them. At the same time, officials should reach out to the farmers and farm labourers and sensitise The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96602596&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T22:57:00KODAIKANAL: A mouse deer (Sarugu maan) and bonnet macaque were shot dead by unidentified persons in a private farm at Puliyur village near Vilpatti on upper Kodaikanal hill here on Thursday. Meat of these The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96593434&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T20:35:00Four farms in Chegutu are under siege this week by land invaders, as the campaign against the countrys remaining commercial farmers keeps escalating. Farmer Ben Freeth, who also faced similar attacks SW Radio Africahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96593296&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T20:34:00A South African court has ordered the government to protect the land rights of its citizens in Zimbabwe, as well as to respect the rulings of the human rights court of the Southern African Development SW Radio Africahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96592395&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T20:23:00acres from non-tribals CMAS activists had adopted organic farming on these fields Harvesting disrupted as many members go underground after violence BERHAMPUR: Standing crop remains unattended on around The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96588112&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T19:36:00THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Visitors have been strictly disallowed on the farms of the Kerala Livestock Development Board as a precautionary measure in the wake of the foot-and-mouth disease found among cattle The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96587462&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T19:27:00Centres opened at Chitradurga APMC, Bharamasagar and Chikkajajoor sub-markets Government looking for more warehouses to store the procured maize Chitradurga: Kumaraswamy, tahsildar, has urged maize farmers The Hinduhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96587080&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T19:23:00THE potato harvest is still not fully completed, with storms and flooding preventing lifting in many regions last week, says the Potato Council. Most remaining crops are confined to the heaviest land, Farmers Guardianhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96585350&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1322009-11-26T18:59:00The National Institute of Agricultural Botany has awarded its Variety Cup to the onion variety Vision bred by Syngenta Seeds. NIAB chief executive Dr Tina Barsby presented the award to Syngenta�??s onion Fresh Plaza