Agriculture

Farmers Get Biggest US Subsidy Check In Decade As Prices Drop

The agriculture slump is getting so bad in the US that farmers are about to get more government aid than at any time in the past decade, signaling the risi...

Diminished Asparagus Production In Spain Raises Prices

As a poor asparagus season in Granada continues, experts now say that only 30 per cent of the expected harvest is likely to be obtained this year. This...

South African Citrus Growers Spend $66 Million On Disease Curbs

South Africa’s citrus industry is spending more than 1 billion rand ($66 million) annually to control black-spot disease in fruit from the country, a...

Monsanto Profit Declines Amid Weak Agricultural Markets

Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, posted its smallest fiscal second-quarter profit since 2011 as a global slump in agricultural commodi...

Africa Sugar Growers Seen Unprepared For End Of EU Import Quotas

Trade barriers and poor infrastructure are preventing sugar producers in sub-Saharan Africa from accessing under-supplied regions on the continent as an im...

Strong Performance Expected From Peruvian Mango Sector

While heavy rains have contributed to uncertainty about global mango production, Peru foresees an increase in both volume and demand for fresh mangoes this...