Agriculture Global
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Organic, Agriculture Global, Ag Global Specialty Food,

globalagriculture.org "Organic farming is on the rise across the globe. A total of 71.5 million hectares were farmed organically at the end of 2018, representing a growth of 2 million hectares or almost 3% compared to the previous year. These are the latest figures of “The World of Organic Agriculture” published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International. The report collects data on 186 countries with organic farming activities. Australia has the largest area farmed organically with 35.7 million hectares, followed by Argentina with 3.6 million hectares and China with 3.1 million hectares. Due to the large organic area in Australia, almost half of the global organic agricultural land (36 million hectares) is in Oceania, followed by Europe with 22% or 15.6 million hectares and Latin America with a share of 11% or 8 million hectares."

Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics,

Great conversations with this group of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences students who stopped by our farm. One in particular about how we evaluate ROI of machinery has me smiling still. I tried this for several decades before resigning myself to my husband's reasoning that we couldn't affo...Read More


Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 image 5 years ago
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics,

Great conversations with this group of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences students who stopped by our farm. One in particular about how we evaluate ROI of machinery has me smiling still. I tried this for several decades before resigning myself to my husband's reasoning that we couldn't affo...Read More


John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Pest Control, Ag Africa,

"The National" "Ugandan officials say locusts have entered the country from Kenya, confirming fears expressed by UN officials that the swarms destroying crops in East Africa would continue to spread. The insects were spotted in the eastern Amudat district bordering Kenya on Sunday, according to reports quoting the State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Moses Kizige. Desert locust swarms have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of farmland in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Swarms have also been reported in Eritrea, Djibouti, Oman and Yemen, according to officials from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)."

Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global,

Listening to US pork, soybeans & corn representatives talk about prospects forinternational trade at the 2020 Wisconsin Corn/Soy Expo today


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