ISLAMABAD – A Russian company, planning to set up an oil refinery, has demanded lifelong crude oil-supply guarantee from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during …
Urea offtake down 20pc
LAHORE – The urea offtake for the month of Dec 2017 clocked in at 717,000 tons, down by 20 percent annually, but …
Farmers urged to adopt tunnel tech to grow off-season vegetables
Faisalabad: Agriculture experts have advised farmers to adopt tunnel technology to grow off-season vegetables. According to a spokesman of Agriculture Extension …
Sindh farmers seek agriculture policy
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) on Saturday demanded an agriculture policy for the province. The body also sought the …
Punjab prioritizes farmer-friendly projects
MULTAN: Punjab Agriculture Department Secretary Muhammad Mehmood has said that timely completion of agricultural development projects for the benefit of farmers …
Water to be released into canals from Feb 4th
MULTAN: The water will be released into perennial canals from Sunday (today) after end of annual closure period. XEN Operation Irrigation Multan Zone, Chaudhary Muhammad Zahid …
Cotton arrivals at ginning factories up by 7.51pc
MULTAN – The arrivals of cotton at ginning factories across the country till January 31, 2018 registered 7.51 per cent increase compared to corresponding period …
China will not set limits on Malaysian palm oil imports
China will be importing more Malaysian palm oil and palm-based products and there will be no limits set on its …
Record inventory levels for wheat and maize, says FAO’s latest forecast
The current marketing season (2017/18) should end with record inventory levels for wheat and maize following better-than-earlier-expected harvests, based on …
Argentina: Drought reduces 3 MMT of soybean output estimate
The Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange has updated its soybean production estimate lowering to 51 million metric tons through a total …
Philippine chicken imports up 4% in 2017
The Philippines’ chicken imports increased by 4% to 244,104.419 tonnes in 2017, over the previous year. According to the Bureau …