58+ min ago   (335+ words) India needs two engines. First, convert genuine domestic surplus into neutral AMF for markets where geography favours India. Second, build bonded or SEZ platforms that import commodity butterfat, add Indian processing value and re-export it. Key barriers include domestic allocation…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (230+ words) A farmer in western India, contracted to supply a large food company, received a message through his field agent last season. His expected yield for the coming harvest had been estimated. The quality of his produce, based on the practices…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (217+ words) The return of the handwritten note. I read the opinion piece by syndicated columnist Tom Purcell about handwritten letters (Sept. 3 Review-Journal, “The handwritten letter makes a comeback”). Over the past several months, I’ve discovered that trying to increase my customer…...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1495+ words) Dozens of dairy farmers from across the state drove to Grand Isle on July 2 with the intention of talking about a recent dairy plant closure. Instead, a larger issue emerged: Some dairy processors are giving up on Vermont, and the…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (898+ words) In 1933, about one-quarter of America's workforce was unemployed. Hunger and malnutrition were widespread, families had lost homes and savings, and millions were trying to survive an economic catastrophe. Franklin Roosevelt's government responded to part of that crisis by paying farmers…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (123+ words) Anchorage, like many other places has not yet figured out that when the yard is covered in guano it is not the time to add more feeders and nest boxes! Okay, it is an old article but still right on…...

19+ min ago   (674+ words) Beneath every harvest in the United States lies an intricate microscopic economy, one that most consumers never see but every farmer depends upon. Andi Jilling, an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School…...

28+ min ago   (548+ words) On Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, the cashew tree has long been more than a crop; it is a livelihood anchor for tens of thousands of rural households. Yet the nut that once sustained Kilifi County’s farm economy is in trouble....

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (656+ words) Washington's new stream rules took effect March 1, 2026, and they can force a small forest landowner to leave valuable timber standing right when he needed that harvest to fund retirement. Before he moves his Social Security date, there is… The Full…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1554+ words) The report said: ‘Poultry as a dish is slowly gaining ground but its general consumption is still negligible.’ This may not sound a vast amount, but it compares to 84g of beef, 23g of mutton or lamb, 41g of pork, 5g of corned beef…...