9 Jun 2019 The Hans India Can rice be grown in a factory? This question is increasingly being asked today as large number of farmers are fast shifting from agriculture to other employment opportunities. This urge to support the backbone of India’s economy –...
7 June 2019 nbc High cost of animal feed has led to a young farmer from Outapi in the Omusati Region planting sorghum for his cattle’s survival.David Natangwe started with dairy farming. However, feeding the animals was a struggle due to severe drought as a bale...
Jun 7, 2019 Ag Journal What a difference a week makes. As May turned into June, continued wet weather and flooding in many areas caused the clock to run out on many farmers who had intended to plant corn this year. The resulting expectation of a short corn crop...
07 Jun 2019 IEG Vu South Africa’s trend of falling sorghum production is set to continue in 2019/20, according to the USDA Pretoria post, with a 10% drop in output to add to a decade of plummeting production. Original post on IEG Vu
Jun 06 2019 Deccan Herald agi or finger millet is widely consumed in India for its nutritional value and also for being non-fattening. In fact, ragi mudde (ragi lump) is regularly devoured by farmers in southern Karnataka as it provides the energy they need for the...
