US farmers have seeded less than half the area with spring crops that they would typically have done by now, thanks to cold and wet weather which has left them behind on plantings by an area bigger than Switzerland. Out of the 219m acres that US farmers intend to sow […]

Different farmer organisations came up with a mixed reaction over the federal budget proposed for 2018-19 and urged the government to announce flat electricity rates for the agricultural tube-wells and withdraw levies on diesel as it will bring down the cost of input for the growers. Pakistan Muttahida Kissan Mahaz […]

Trading remained steady on back of demand for better and second grade of lint besides buyers made forward deals in all grades that kept market trading sentiments in green past week. The KCA kept making adjustments in spot rate that stayed at Rs 7,500 per maund while fine grade fetched […]

Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has urged federal government for special measurers for the rice trade to enhance its exports up to $4 billion mark. While addressing the REAP Award ceremony on Saturday in Karachi, senior vice chairman Rafique Suleman said despite the fact that rice is second highest […]

The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has said that Agriculture sector recorded a remarkable growth of 3.81 percent and surpassed its targeted growth of 3.5 percent and last year’s growth of 2.07 percent. In a statement issued here on Saturday, PAD spokesman quoting the Economic Survey Report 2017-18, claimed that the […]

ISLAMABAD – The Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) on Oil Seed and Sugarcane has presented 14 varieties for approval to enhance the per acre sugarcane output as well as as oil seed to reduce the huge import bill of the commodity. The varieties presented at […]

KARACHI: The trading activities in the cotton market remained selective with firm spot rate amid higher demand for better grades, traders said. The Karachi Cotton Association kept the spot rate firm at Rs 7,500 per maund in order to support sellers having raw grades to maximise better prices on their […]

LAHORE: Pakistan’s first automated dispenser unit is going to launch next month for the provision of pure and cheap milk, said Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Board Chief Executive Officer Saira Iftikhar. While talking to members of the Agriculture Journalists Association (AJA) on Tuesday, Saira said that this automated milk […]

ISLAMABAD – The imports of tea into the country witnessed 9.65pc increase during the first three quarters of the ongoing fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of last year. Pakistan imported tea worth $411.231 million during July-March (2017-18) against the imports of $450.932 million in July-March (2016-17), according to […]

Siam Organic is helping to tackle Thai poverty while also jumping on the superfood bandwagon with a new breed of richly coloured rice that it claims is the healthiest in the world. Siam Organic claims to have created the world’s healthiest rice. The Thai social enterprise hopes that its unassuming, […]