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  • Iran to introduce export duties on tomatoes and onions
    Post time: Oct-11-2022

    Mehr News Agency reported on September 26 that Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture announced that in order to control the price fluctuations of tomato and onion products, Iran will impose export duties of 40,000 rials/kg and 20,000 rials/kg on the above two products, which will be implemented fr...Read more »

  • Rye grass lawn cultivation technology
    Post time: Oct-10-2022

    Ryegrass is a perennial, clump-forming grass turfgrass with young leaves arranged in a foliate pattern in the leaf sheath. The leaf blades are smooth, but the veins are more pronounced than in grasses of early maturity. Perennial ryegrass prefers a warm, moist environment with cooler summers, so ...Read more »

  • Argentina’s agricultural exports reach record high in September, spurred by “soy dollars” program
    Post time: Oct-09-2022

    Argentina’s agricultural information website and the website of El Nacional reported on September 21 that, according to data released on Wednesday (21) by the Chamber of the Oilseeds Industry and the Cereals Exporters Center (CIARA-CEC), the country’s agricultural exports have reached...Read more »

  • Uruguay’s agriculture-related industries account for nearly 40% of the economy of the interior
    Post time: Oct-08-2022

    According to the U.S. newspaper The Observer on September 12, Florencia Carriquiry, partner of the U.S. consulting firm Exante, said at the Prado Expo on September 12 that U.S. agricultural production has regained momentum, driven by a significant increase in global agricultural prices, with a gr...Read more »

  • EU reduces access quotas for Brazilian agricultural products
    Post time: Sep-30-2022

    Local media reported that the EU reduced the access quota for Brazilian agricultural products due to the UK’s exit from the EU. Brazil reached a bilateral agreement with the European Union in which Brazilian agricultural products will have access to the EU market with lower tariffs within t...Read more »

  • South Africa exported 77.7 million cases of fresh grapes this season, up a modest 4%
    Post time: Sep-29-2022

    South Africa’s fresh grape industry (SATI) reports a slight increase in both production and exports for the 2021/22 season. Good weather conditions and new varieties coming into full production this season set the stage for a good harvest, with a total of 77.7 million boxes of fresh grapes ...Read more »

  • Turkmenistan exports 75,000 tons of greenhouse tomatoes
    Post time: Sep-28-2022

    Turkmenistan’s business network reported on September 19 that since the beginning of 2022, the country has exported 75,000 tons of tomatoes grown in greenhouses to Russia and other countries, which is more than two times more than the same period last year. Another 20-25 thousand tons of to...Read more »

  • Indian farmers reduce the area under rice and increase the area under cotton
    Post time: Sep-27-2022

    Farmers in the world’s second-largest rice producer had planted 39.9 million hectares of rice as of Sept. 16, down 4.5 percent from a year earlier, according to India’s Agriculture Ministry. India’s agriculture ministry said sugarcane sown area has risen to 5.57 million hectares...Read more »

  • Russian imports of seeds, amino acids, vitamins from China to grow
    Post time: Sep-26-2022

    MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) – Russian imports of seeds, amino acids and vitamins from China are expected to grow, taking into account the changing geopolitical situation, according to a study provided to RIA Novosti by the Russian Agricultural Bank. According to the study, the geopol...Read more »

  • USDA approves genetically modified purple tomatoes to be sold on shelves next year
    Post time: Sep-23-2022

    Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a genetically modified purple tomato. The tomatoes will be commercially grown after receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will be on the shelves in 2023. According to reports, this purple tomato is call...Read more »

  • Global action needed to address food crisis
    Post time: Sep-22-2022

    Since this year, affected by geopolitical conflicts, the new pneumonia epidemic, extreme weather and developed economies to adjust monetary policy and other multiple factors, international food prices are high and volatile, the global food industry chain supply chain suffered a serious impact, ma...Read more »

  • South Africa’s tomato imports from Namibia hit record high
    Post time: Sep-21-2022

    Namibia’s tomato exports to South Africa reached an all-time high in July, according to a recent report released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), News24.com reported on September 13. The report said Namibia exports an average of R9.4 million worth of tomatoes to South Africa each mon...Read more »