ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday fixed the price of imported urea at Rs1,712 per …
PM stresses producing 15m cotton bales
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to take measures to achieve …
National farmers convention starts today
PESHAWAR – All Pakistan Kissan Convention is to be held at Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, Peshawar from Tuesday (today). …
Cultivation of sunflower stressed
FAISALABAD : Agriculture experts have advised the farmers to cultivate sunflower instead of late sowing of wheat. A spokesman of …
Desi poultry birds’ rearing in progress at govt farm
MULTAN : About 30,000 desi poultry birds are being reared at local government poultry farms and the poultry units, each …
Research Looks at Natural Fertilizer for Greener Agriculture, Cleaner Water
WASHINGTON — Fertilizer is made of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. Chemical fertilizers require huge amounts of energy to produce. But …
Australia forecasts 2018/2019 wheat production to fall 20% on year
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (ABARES) has forecast that wheat production for the 2018/2019 marketing year …
USDA raises 2018-19 US, global year-ending corn stocks estimate
The US Department of Agriculture projected Tuesday domestic corn stocks to total 1.781 billion bushels (45.239 million mt) at the …
China buys at least 30 cargoes of US soybeans
Chinese state-owned buyers are rumoured to have bought up to 30 cargoes of US soybeans, according to three market sources, …
Iraq signs wheat, rice imports with the United States
Iraq has signed an agreement with the United States to import U.S. wheat and rice, the Iraqi trade minister said …
Local vendors decry move to import used tractors
KARACHI: Local manufacturers on Saturday said import of used tractors along with exemption from duties and taxes would result in …