John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Cotton, Sugarcane, Economics, Ag India, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Mixed prospects of agriculture
The outlook for major crops appears good with the only exception of cotton.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Hunger, Education, Weather,
First PH heat-tolerant rice up for release
The country’s first high temperature-tolerant rice varieties developed by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice)
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Sweet Corn, World Population,
Biosecurity boost to stop top threat khapra beetle
The khapra beetle is one of the nation's most dangerous biosecurity threats.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Precision AG , Agriculture US, Economics, Sustainability,
Second rice crop yields high | News Break
Harvesting their second crop of the year, local rice producers are finding good yields and fair weather conditions. Rice producers in Wharton, Jackson and nearby counties are in the process of harvesting their ratoon crop, which grows after the first crop is harvested. “It’s actually been a really good year...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Cotton, Vegetables, GMO's, Cassava, Fertilizer, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population,
Nigerian farmer chooses innovation for healthier crops, better harvests - Alliance for Science
Patience Koku knows better than most the damage that bollworms can cause to a textile industry. A former fashion entrepreneur, Koku watched in frustration as the pests devastated cotton crops across Nigeria, bringing the entire textile industry to its knees. Although the entrepreneurial farmer left fashion years ago to grow rice, soy, maize and vegetables […]
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11/16/2020 SOURCE: me.mashable.com
The foods we eat and the ways we produce them damage our planet's climate.
The foods that do the most damage to our climate
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Economics, Sustainability, Ag India, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID, Weather,
A catastrophe avoided
Unprecedented adoption of agricultural technologies wards off negative impacts of COVID-19 in northwestern India.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Rice, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Hunger, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Sowing the seeds for a better food future in Asia
Covid-19 has reminded humanity of the critical importance of a strong and functioning food system. With a quarter of a billion people facing acute hunger by the end of the year, bold collective...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Precision AG , Economics, Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, World Population,
Hybrid rice seeds get highest yields for rice farmers in Bohol - Manila Bulletin
TAGBILARAN CITY — A rice farmer from Paraiso, Mabini town in Bohol, Estarlita Vallecera got for the first time the highest yield from its hybrid rice farm when she harvested an average of eight metric tons per hectare during his actual harvest last October 16 and the Department of Agriculture […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Markets/Pricing, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. SouthWest, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, World Population, Education,
Rice crop, market likely up for Texas producers | AgriLife Today
Early indications show Texas rice farmers produced a bumper crop amid a market that could experience a price increase.
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