Business Today

2 min. di lettura

The agriculture sector is one of the largest employers in India with more than 265 million engaged in farming. Close to 70 per cent of rural India works in farms and depends on agriculture for livelihood. However, farm incomes have seen a steady decl

Shooting Times & Country

4 min. di lettura

On my desk as I write this is a rather yellowed and crumpled letter from the Forestry Commission offering an annual shooting lease over 1,003 acres at West Tofts, Norfolk, for the princely sum of £50. The letter is dated November 1971, a time when my

Country Life

4 min. di lettura

THE sleepy, unspoilt parish of Edgmond, which includes the hamlets of Adney, Calvington, Caynton, The Buttery, Edgmond Marsh and Sidlington (‘total population 2,062’, according to the latest census), lies on the edge of the fertile north Shropshire p

Farmer's Weekly

3 min. di lettura

The following was submitted by Hugh R Lee as comment on the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill (Section 25 amendment). The deadline for public comment on this bill has been extended to 29 February. All stakeholders are encouraged to submit

Business Today

4 min. di lettura

When the Ashok Dalwai Committee on Doubling of Farmers' Income sat down to finalise its report on the role of extension services in increasing farm incomes 18 months ago, it faced a technical problem. It found that the definition of "agricultural ext

Green Magazine

2 min. di lettura

Environmental engineer Ben Cole has a singular talent for ethical business ideas that make a difference. His PhD was on market-based solutions to sanitation in developing countries, and while living in Hanoi, Vietnam, he created a line of anti-pollut

Farmer's Weekly

4 min. di lettura

Members of the approximately 42-member Gugulethu community in KwaZulu-Natal’s deep-rural Middelrus area are not easily deterred from achieving their collective goals. After receiving a 345ha farm in 2007 as part of South Africa’s land restitution pro

The Christian Science Monitor

4 min. di lettura

Air Force veteran Sara Creech found new life on an Indiana farm. Now, she’s showing other veterans how to find this path, too.

Capper's Farmer

2 min. di lettura

Mary Worley ■ Azalea, Oregon We lived on a farm during the Depression era, where we raised cattle, grain, hay, chickens, and a garden. Crops in general looked promising, just right for a grasshopper invasion. It was 1936, and my husband and I were ne

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

42 YEARS AGO After noticing that the paying guests of her small agritourism venture had a keen interest in learning about farming, Elizabeth Aymes started offering small, individual farming courses on her farm. A former student of the now defunct Bo

Fleurieu Living Magazine

2 min. di lettura

The forty-acre block was formerly part of a much larger dairy farm and had been heavily grazed. It was the perfect place for the couple to put Rohan’s extensive experience in conservation and regenerative agriculture into practice. ‘Our ethos behind

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have expressed concern about the increase in theft of agricultural commodities during the lockdown period for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic, which is resulting in millions of rand in losses.

Harrowsmith

1 min. di lettura

Introducing Jackie Fisher, manager of farm excellence and one of four sisters operating King Cole Ducks Ltd.... Harrowsmith: Tell us about your farm. What do you grow or raise? King Cole Ducks Ltd.: Our family farm has grown over the past 70 years

The Christian Science Monitor

5 min. di lettura

Access to land is a major barrier to entering farming. One solution is land-link programs that pair landowners with those starting out.

Farmer's Weekly

5 min. di lettura

The coronavirus disease pandemic lockdowns have pulled the rug out from under millions of people, resulting in enormous financial and job uncertainties. South African farmers, however, are no strangers to uncertainty, due to constant political pressu

Sporting Gun

1 min. di lettura

The Big Farmland Bird Count had its most productive year with a record number of species spotted and increased participation. The count, organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), saw 140 species recorded over a million acres. A tota

Chicago Tribune

7 min. di lettura

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Cooper Garlisch, age 2 1/2, was not about to lose the Cutest Little Farmer contest. Climbing atop his red toy tractor, he scooted himself across a stage at the Illinois State Fair with gusto, drawing cheers from an audience that s

Farms and Farm Machinery

2 min. di lettura

Everything from farm machinery, stock handling equipment and animal health to off-road vehicles, sheds, tools, Farm Fantastic is the big city event with a strong rural focus. WHEN July 3-5, 2020 MORE INFO farmfantastic.com.au Ag-Grow dates back to 19

Harrowsmith

3 min. di lettura

Harrowsmith: Tell us about your farm. What do you grow or raise? Hagenlea Beef: My family’s century farm is located about 20 minutes northwest of Stratford, Ontario. We own 150 acres and a farm with my uncle down the road (my dad’s homestead, where

Shooting Times & Country

2 min. di lettura

I enjoy your regional stalker pieces very much but I find Barry Stoffell’s writing style particularly evocative (The rhythms of nature, 26 August). It reminded me of a wonderful quote by American marine biologist, author and conservationist Rachel Ca

Weekend Argus Saturday

3 min. di lettura

A FARMER who started out selling fruits at an early age is now one of the locals tapping into the international market as an exporter. Wayne Mansfield, born and bred in Kylemore outside Stellenbosch, said his business did not suffer at the beginning

Farms and Farm Machinery

2 min. di lettura

Taking place on Bong Bong Racecourse in Bowral, NSW, the Small Farms Field Day is a two-day event that last year included a reptile awareness display, a working kelpie show and a mobile air rifle range. With 1,803 farms and over 2,000 small farms in

The Christian Science Monitor

2 min. di lettura

As robots and other inventions take over agriculture, society must rethink its relationship to those who nourish it.

Farmer's Weekly

5 min. di lettura

“Government has betrayed black farmers by promising them funds, recapitalisation, and committing to pay money, which they do not do. They have created hope and then taken it away,” says Solly Letsoalo, a Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (PLAS) pro

Global Voices

4 min. di lettura

In 2018, Indian farmers staged two big protests to draw the Central Government's attention to the deepening agrarian crisis and resulting farmer suicides. Will these really change their future?

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

The following article was an abstract from a study concerned with the adjustments made by people who remained on their farms in Mills County, Texas, during a period of prolonged drought (1950 to 1957). It explained that the results of this study coul

Business Today

1 min. di lettura

Adopt NITI Aayog’s Model Land Leasing Act Make cultivators farm managers by outsourcing services Go beyond food and nutrition security Include generation of raw materials to feed industrial enterprises Preference to nutrition yielding, job creating a

Farmer's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

The Directorate of Soil Management in the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has called for public comment on its draft Farm Planning Regulation document, aimed at introducing a system of farm plans to prevent the degradatio

The Christian Science Monitor

5 min. di lettura

Access to land is a major barrier to entering farming. One solution is land-link programs that pair landowners with those starting out.

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

The growth of South Africa’s agricultural fortunes and job creation will, in part, depend on the expansion of agricultural activities in the underutilised former homeland regions, and farms that government acquired through the land reform process. He