Following the first rains, farmers are busy in their gardens either planting or finalising land preparation. Ideally, this ...

1. Neonicotinoid insecticides are routinely used as seed treatments on most grain and oilseed crops in the USA, yet the extent and likelihood of spread of insecticide residues during planting has not ...

Plant-infecting viruses cause significant losses to agriculture, including to staple crops such as wheat, maize, and rice. Preventing and managing endemic and emerging plant diseases is an ongoing ...

Government has injected E14 million into the Hamba Ubuye Revolving Fund to expand participation in this season, enabling ...

"We cannot compete with the government if it plans to allow maize imports. The government has been asking farmers to sell their produce yet NCPB stores are shut. We also do not know who will import.

PARIS (Reuters) - Warm, dry weather in the past month has helped European farmers catch up on maize planting but crops could start to suffer unless regular rain returns, analysts said. Planting of ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - South African farmers are expected to plant maize over an area 2% bigger this year than last, the government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday. The CEC forecast a ...

South African farmers are expected to plant maize over an area 5.3% smaller than last year due to excessive rain during the planting season, the government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on ...

MINSK, 16 May (BelTA) - Grain maize has been planted on 100.3% of the designated area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. Spring crops were sown on 1,911,900 ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 25 (Reuters) - South African farmers are expected to plant 7% more hectares of maize in the 2020/2021 season compared with the previous season as higher prices and favourbale weather ...