Farmers were advised to spray their rice fields with Malathion and Othene insecticides to protect the crops from the brown planthopper. He said control of the pest was very important because of the severe damage it could cause to rice plants, so farmers had to visit their farms regularly. Mr Chand said farmers had to go inside the fields and search for the pest and then spray the field once two or three hoppers were found at the base of the rice plants to avoid them spreading. Should Fiji...

Much of Eastern Arkansas is dedicated to row cropping and has benefited from commodity payments made under the Farm Bill, while Northwest Arkansas and River Valley farmers have received far less because they don't grow the typical commodity program crops like rice, wheat and cotton. Food stamp programs will gobble up two-thirds of the total $602 billion, up from $492 billion under the current bill, which will expire in September. Arkansas row croppers stand to lose and the picture is still...

While humans aren't believed to be at risk, the episode has sharpened concerns over China's food exports and the limited ability of U. Overall, the FDA is responsible for regulating about 80 percent of the nation's food supply; the Agriculture Department inspects meat, poultry and eggs, the other 20 percent. But it was contaminated wheat gluten that put the spotlight on a real and frightening fact: China's chronic food safety woes are now an international concern. Worried about losing...

In fact, ethanol will do little to reduce the large percentage of our fuel that is imported (more than 60 percent), and the ethanol policy will have widespread and profound ripple effects on other markets. These biofuel goals are propped up by a generous federal subsidy of 51 cents a gallon for blending ethanol into gasoline, and a tariff of 54 cents a gallon on most imported ethanol to help keep out cheap imports from Brazil. The latest example is their attempt to reduce the United...

These would work on fixing prices in markets and try to ferret out those trying to monopolize the market. In this regard, it stressed the importance of the role played by the Yemeni General Economic Corporation, by providing markets with food materials and to stop monopolies from forming. The government will support consumer associations, and there is coordination between the ministry and consumer association in terms of the market, al-Mutawakal said. The price list is a result of a...

These would work on fixing prices in markets and try to ferret out those trying to monopolize the market. In this regard, it stressed the importance of the role played by the Yemeni General Economic Corporation, by providing markets with food materials and to stop monopolies from forming. The government will support consumer associations, and there is coordination between the ministry and consumer association in terms of the market, al-Mutawakal said. The meeting brought together...