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 Canada Dot Com
Agrium earnings soar amid farming frenzy
| Agrium Inc., North America's No. 3 fertilizer-maker, saw its profits nearly triple in the second quarter as buoyant grain prices continued to drive demand for its crop nutrient products. | "This rem... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Agrium America Farming Photos Prices |
 The Star
Boost for padi farmers
| MUDA Agriculture Deve-lopment Authority (Ma-da) will receive an additional RM602mil in allocation to improve its padi production under the Ninth Malaysia Plan mid-term review. | Agriculture and Agro... (photo: WN / nurkamiah)
Agriculture Business Farm Malaysia Photos |
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 The Manila Times
PhilRice confident training will improve rice production
| SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ: With proper technology, Filipino farmers can produce seven to nine tons of palay per hectare, far above the present average yield of 3.8 tons per... (photo: WN)
Crop Farm Philippine Photos Technology |
 Dawn
Too many transfers jeopardise project
| By Tariq Naqash | MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 6: The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has taken strong exception to the frequent postings and transfers again... (photo: USMC file / LCpl Andrew D. Young)
Agriculture Development Fund Photos UN |
 The Guardian
From battery farm to family pet
The lifespan of an egg-laying battery chicken is 72 weeks, but a rescued 'ex-bat' can live for up to 10 years. Bibi van der Zee meets the activists who rehouse 'spent' bi... (photo: GFDL / Thegreenj)
Animals England Nature Photos Society |
 Asia Times
Food security key to China's Doha line
| By Antoaneta Bezlova | BEIJING - China's tough stance at the recent Doha Round trade talks in Geneva had less to do with political posturing than with the country's lon... (photo: GNU / Mats Stafseng Einarsen)
China Food Health People Photos |
 Syracuse
NY apple harvest forecast sharply lower
| ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Hail storms that swept through 22 New York counties this summer put a big hurting on New York's apple growers. | The New York Apple Growers Associat... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Apple Crops Fruit Harvest Photos |
 International Herald Tribune
Investors plow money into Russian farming, but problems remain
| : When Murat Shamshinurov toasted this year's harvest with a glass of vodka, he did so with confidence. | A fleet of new Dutch combine harvesters, better seeds and a mi... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Agriculture Finance Photos Russian US |
 Newsday
Oregon issues first report on state chemical use; potato fields get biggest dose
| EUGENE, Ore. (AP) _ More than 40 million pounds of pesticides and herbicides were used in Oregon's farms, forests and fields last year, with potato fields getting the b... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Agriculture Oregon Photos Potato Toxic |
 Buffalo News
Plan seeks to protect farmland
| POMFRET - The proposed comprehensive plan for the Town of Pomfret emphasizes the preservation and protection of valuable farmland and soil. | About 30 people attended a... (photo: Public Domain / )
Economy Farming People Photos Soil |
