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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…

Crop insurance claim: Gujarat govt mulls corpus for Indian farmers

The state government during the question hour, on Monday, announced that it is mulling to set up a corpus fund to compensate farmers facing losses due to crop failure. The farmers insurance scheme and the alleged profit being made by private…

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,…

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…

European Parliament elects new Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

The European Parliament’s 20 standing Committees and two Sub-Committees have elected their chair and vice-chairs. Voting took place on July 10 and those holding the positions will now coordinate their respective committees for the next…

Brazil's market share of China soybean exports soars to 75%

U.S. soybean exports to China have been unusually strong over the past several months, but they're still nowhere near the pace they were before the trade war and Brazil appears to be cementing its dominance. Prior to the trade war, Brazil…

Canadian farmers expect to plant more barley, corn

According to the June Field Crop Survey conducted by Statistics Canada, Canadian farmers expect to plant more barley, corn for grain, dry peas, lentils and oats in 2019, but fewer acres of wheat, canola and soybeans. At the time of the survey,…

India government has approved higher support prices for kharif crops

India government has approved higher support prices for kharif crops or summer crops, a new labour code, which will allow minimum wages to be paid by cheque / bank transfers to workers of organised as well as unorganised sectors & leasing…