Government releases plan to manage 77,000 drones in New Zealand

The Government has released a plan for drones, which Transport Minister Phil Twyford said are estimated to be worth up to $7.9 billion to the economy. A paper released today, Taking Flight: an aviation system for the automated age, sets out…

Crop insurance claim: Gujarat govt mulls corpus for Indian farmers

The state government during the question hour, on Monday, announced that it is mulling to set up a corpus fund to compensate farmers facing losses due to crop failure. The farmers insurance scheme and the alleged profit being made by private…

Winter crops in Australia forecast to rise by around 9% in 2019/20

The start of the 2019–20 winter crop season was mixed, according to Australian crop report published in June by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Above average rainfall in important growing…

Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul introduces new 2,4-D application regulations

The government of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, the second largest soybean producer in the country, is implementing a series of security measures to regulate the application of 2,4-D herbicides. This month, two normative instructions…

India's summer crop planting down nearly 7% - Government data

Indian farmers planted an array of summer-sown crops on 56.7 million hectares, down 6.9% year on year, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday, narrowing the sowing gap estimate from the previous week. Farmers start planting rice, corn,…

India-Argentina strengthen bilateral agricultural cooperation

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare met Dr Luis Miguel Etchevehere, State Secretary of Agro-industry of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed that the…

USDA issues $100 million for agricultural trade promotion program

DTN reports:  USDA awarded $100 million to 48 organizations through the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program, or ATP, in a second round of assistance granted to the groups to expand agriculture trade. According to a USDA news release…

Pesticide usage in Turkey increases by 57% in last decade

The amount of agricultural pesticide used in Turkey increased to 59 thousand tons since 2009. The southern province of Antalya saw the highest increase. The usage of pesticides increased by 57 percent in the last decade. The total amount…

European Parliament elects new Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

The European Parliament’s 20 standing Committees and two Sub-Committees have elected their chair and vice-chairs. Voting took place on July 10 and those holding the positions will now coordinate their respective committees for the next…