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Tunisia confirms the presence of the fungus that causes black spot

The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) has issued an alert confirming that the Tunisian authorities have officially declared an area infected with Phyllosticta citricarpa, the fungus that causes black spot. We are…

US census data on cover crop plantings

This is the first of 3 articles that discuss land use practices as reported in the 2017 US Census of Agriculture (see farmdoc daily, July 25 and August 1). Cover crops is examined in this article. Cover crops have attracted intense interest…

USDA issues new report "The growing corn economies of Mexico and US"

A new report from USDA's Economic Research Service explores how the U.S. and Mexican corn sectors have changed since the transition to free-trade under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the extent to which the sectors could…

Government releases plan to manage 77,000 drones in New Zealand

The Government has released a plan for drones, which Transport Minister Phil Twyford said are estimated to be worth up to $7.9 billion to the economy. A paper released today, Taking Flight: an aviation system for the automated age, sets out…

Winter crops in Australia forecast to rise by around 9% in 2019/20

The start of the 2019–20 winter crop season was mixed, according to Australian crop report published in June by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Above average rainfall in important growing…

India's summer crop planting down nearly 7% - Government data

Indian farmers planted an array of summer-sown crops on 56.7 million hectares, down 6.9% year on year, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday, narrowing the sowing gap estimate from the previous week. Farmers start planting rice, corn,…

India-Argentina strengthen bilateral agricultural cooperation

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare met Dr Luis Miguel Etchevehere, State Secretary of Agro-industry of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed that the…

USDA issues $100 million for agricultural trade promotion program

DTN reports:  USDA awarded $100 million to 48 organizations through the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program, or ATP, in a second round of assistance granted to the groups to expand agriculture trade. According to a USDA news release…

USDA/APHIS seeks suggestions for fiscal year 2020 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 Projects

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting stakeholders to submit project suggestions for fiscal year (FY) 2020 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 funding to implement the Plant…