Korean dog meat farmers seek fresh start'It's a dying business,' Gong In-Young said as he watched US activists clear out the cages of his South Korean dog meat farm.
Spider venom may save the bees: studyVenom from one of the world's most poisonous spiders may help save the world's honeybees, providing a biopesticide that kills pests but spares the precious pollinators, a study said.
05 июня 2014
US farmer dies again... this time for realA Mississippi farmer who made global headlines two weeks ago when he woke up in a body bag at a funeral home died on Thursday aged 78.
14 марта 2014
Typhoon-hit Philippine farmers to reap harvest: UNFarmers in the Philippines will soon reap a harvest after using emergency seed supplies to grow crops following a devastating typhoon that struck during planting season.
11 марта 2014
Wanted: Billions of bees for European farmsMany countries in Europe face a worrying lack of crop-pollinating honeybees, a problem caused mainly by an EU policy shift in favour of biofuels.
10 января 2014
Biden calls for tough choice to strike Pacific trade dealThousands of ageing farmers took to the streets of Tokyo Tuesday, underscoring opposition in Japan to an ambitious free trade deal, as US Vice President Joe Biden called on countries to make "tough choices".
03 декабря 2013
Peru coca growers switch to coffee, battle fungusPeru's anti-drug strategy hinges on persuading farmers to grow coffee instead of coca, the raw material of cocaine, but low prices and plant disease are getting in the way.
03 сентября 2013
Chinese buy up Canada farms; is Beijing behind it? With too few farms in China to feed a burgeoning population, Chinese immigrants have started buying up agricultural lands in Canada and shipping produce to Asia.
23 июня 2013
Sour French farmers miss out on baby milk boom Got milk? Too much, say French dairy farmers caught in a pricing squabble with supermarkets while missing out on the Chinese thirst for imported powdered milk.
23 апреля 2013
Drought declared in New Zealand's North Island New Zealand declared a drought across its entire North Island for the first time in at least 30 years on Friday, with low river levels in the capital Wellington also worrying officials.
15 марта 2013
State to pay for exterminated sick cows in north KazakhstanThe state agreed with KazAgroFinance on reimbursement of costs to the Kazakhstan farms, including the expenses for food and care, as well as the salaries of the farms' employees.
Dutch court rules in Nigerian farmers' suit against Shell A Dutch court will decide on Wednesday whether Shell should clean up oil damage that destroyed a group of Nigerian farmers' land, a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility.
31 января 2013
Baltic farmers demand fair slice of EU aid As the EU braces for bruising budget talks, the bloc's three small Baltic states have stepped up their campaign to get what they say is their fair share of farm aid.
22 ноября 2012
Kazakhstan farmers call for state of emergencyKazakhstan farmers have sent a letter to the government and President asking to declare the state of emergency in several regions of the country.
17 сентября 2012
Philippine flood deaths climb to 60 Weary farmers in the Philippines' farming heartland struggled amid their worst floods in decades on Friday, as the death toll from torrential rains that also pounded the capital rose to 60.