It is a government-funded initiative to quadruple the country's vegetable exports, and could even end up producing onions that will not make you cry when you peel them. New Zealand s vegetable growers will soon be benefiting from $37 million worth of research designed to give us the sweetest, tastiest veges in the world. Vegetables are already big business for New Zealand - half a billion dollars worth of fresh and processed veges are exported every year. By joining the TV3 site you'll be...

While the annual rate of inflation has eased to below 4.5 per cent from over 6 per cent in April, the housing finance sector recorded a significant dip in the first quarter of the current fiscal warranting some interest rate moderation efforts by the RBI in its quarterly review of the monetary policy on Tuesday, July 31. While the annual rate of inflation has eased to below 4.5 per cent from over 6 per cent in April, the housing finance sector recorded a significant dip in the first...

Find www.app.com stories from the past week as well as calendar events, classifieds, advertisements, Yellow Page listings, local Web sites and more all in one search. Post Comment WASHINGTON The House approved a farm bill Friday that New Jersey Democrats said would help fruit and vegetable growers for the first time and bolster other Garden State agricultural priorities such as farmland conservation, organic agriculture and nutrition. Post Comment WASHINGTON The House approved a farm bill...

Travelling down from Edinburgh with someone else at the wheel presented the opportunity to survey the countryside and I have to report that in that part of the world the crops, especially wheat, looked well and there were also signs of a start being made to harvesting winter barley. Travelling down from Edinburgh with someone else at the wheel presented the opportunity to survey the countryside and I have to report that in that part of the world the crops, especially wheat, looked well and...

Waters and Pollan were among those urging Pelosi and the House of Representatives she leads to overhaul the nation's farm policy, shifting billions of dollars from subsidies for corporate agribusiness to a means-tested safety net for real family farmers, plus policies to promote healthier foods and sound stewardship of the land. Waters and Pollan were among those urging Pelosi and the House of Representatives she leads to overhaul the nation's farm policy, shifting billions of dollars from...

For decades, California s fruit, vegetable and nut growers have been left out in the cold whenever the federal government handed out subsidies through its various farm programs. California farmers may be on the verge of receiving a bumper crop of financial assistance under a farm bill that is up for renewal this year. As an example, Johanns pointed to a provision that would ban federal subsidies to farmers with incomes averaging more than $1 million a year and stop farmers from collecting...