It is a microbial-based fertilizer for rice, corn and other agricultural crops. Silvestre Ildefonso, Municipal Agriculture Officer (MAO) here, disclosed that this earning initiative of the LGU was initially intended to produce inorganic fertilizers needed by corn local farmers in the locality. BIO-N comes in powder form in a handy 200-gram packet, which is meant for either seed inoculation, direct broadcasting over the seeds or mixed with water as root dip. Ildefonso said that most farmers...

Farmers in north central Victoria are busy sowing grain crops. He hopes there will be more rain this week followed by warm weather to get the crops growing. They have been sowing over the past week, after good rainfall of between 30 and 50 millimetres. Elmore district farmer David Johnson expects most of the cropping to be finished by the end of May. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot...

Higher corn prices have led to higher prices for other grains, such as soybeans, because greater corn production is at the expense of soybean supplies. Although they have fallen from recent highs, corn prices are up substantially. If growing conditions are good this year, there could be so much corn that prices could fall considerably, making it harder for farmers to turn a profit. farmers are expected to plant the largest corn crop since World War II this year, switching acreage from...

Farmers assume they will also suffer losses with remaining crops since dryness can weaken plants, making them vulnerable to disease. Germany's farmers are fearing a bad harvest of historical proportions due to the ongoing dry weather. German farmers fear drought. European farmers have had to irrigate their fields, which increases costs. Choose from 30 Languages Choose from 30 Languages Choose from 30 Languages Drop-Down eins Drop-Down eins Aktion fuer Drop-down eins Drop-Down zwei...

Colorado farmers will increase their corn acreage this year by a projected 25 percent to 1.25 million acres, the second-highest total since the 1930s, agriculture officials reported in early April. Like many of his corn-growing colleagues who have suffered through lean years, Weathers plans to plant more of the grain this spring to take advantage of historically high prices. The boon for farmers could come at the expense of cattle feeders and consumers, who are paying for the higher-priced...

Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff says in prior years, the amount of corn produced per acre has been increasing but the actual number of acres devoted to corn has been declining. In some cases, the extra Pennsylvania corn acreage will come from land that has been in reserve and not farmed for years, and in some cases, itll mean fewer acres of other crops, a five percent decrease in soybean acreage, for example. Wolff says corn acreage this year in Pennsylvania is up by about...