Agriculture

Nairobi That dairy farmers have been forced to spill tons of milk in a country where the majority live in abject poverty is a national shame. We don't seem to have any way of addressing milk surpluses. Whenever we experience heavy rains in milk-producing

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LONDON - Kraft is gearing up for a UK roll-out of its flagship Milka chocolate brand, just weeks after purchasing rival brand Cadbury Dairy Milk. The US company will launch Milka with a TV campaign, created by Ogilvy, on 19 April. Shooting for the spots

Nairobi Jacqueline Mujawamariya, 31, has spent many years growing, eating and selling beans. She prefers climbing beans to bush beans, which not only make up a large proportion of her diet, but are also the main source of her livelihood. The

Nairobi More than 30,000 bags of contaminated maize held by the National Cereals and Produce Board at its Embu depot will be destroyed on Friday. The maize, according to Public Heath minister Beth Mugo who made the announcement on Monday, is part of a

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa exported 12,972 tonnes of white maize in the week to February 12, compared with 14,055 tonnes in the previous week, the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) said on Tuesday. Exports of yellow maize were at

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Algeria plans to cut its wheat exports by at least two-thirds until 2014 in a bid to meet local demand, Algeria's Agriculture Minister Rachid Benaissa said on Tuesday. 'We have a five-year plan to cut exports and

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NEW ZEALAND - The Chairmen and CEO’s of farmer organisations from five of the world’s major beef exporting nations, making up the Five Nations Beef Alliance, are meeting in Northland this week to consider how to make beef production more profitable.

US - The US Department of Agriculture has announced details of the final regulation regarding access to pasture for organic livestock operations. This rule amends the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations to clarify the use of pasture in raising

US - US meat, food and commodity processing giant Cargill has begun piloting a third party remote video auditing (RVA) programme as a food safety tool in its North American beef plants. Cargill is already using RVA to monitor animal welfare practices and

UK - British dairy farmers can have confidence in their milk test results says DairyCo, after laboratories taking part in the latest round of ring trials test for butterfat, protein and lactose recorded excellent results. After the success of last year's

US - In its February report, the USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board revised the projections of 2009-10 marketing year corn and soybean exports, says Darrel Good, Agricultural Economist, University of Illinois. The marketing year is nearing the

US - Corn and soybean growers are invited to attend the Nebraska Soybean and Feed Grains Profitability Project on-farm research update March 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead. The 9 a.m.-3

The Chairmen and CEOs of farmer organisations from five of the world’s major beef exporting nations, making up the Five Nations Beef Alliance, are meeting in Northland this week to consider how to make beef production more profitable. Meat & Wool

MANILA, Philippines -- Food security, through agriculture, is key to lifting Filipinos out of poverty, presidential candidates in the May elections agreed Tuesday. And among the six candidates who attended the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry