As a model hybrid rice cluster, more than 200 hectares of rice fields were planted to hybrid rice this 2007 dry cropping season. He said that the highest yield in the cluster was 246 cav/ha while the lowest was 173 cav/ha, which is still much higher than what they would usually get from ordinary or inbred rice varieties. Domingo, Nueva Ecija are again overwhelmed with the benefits that they are reaping from their hybrid rice farms. The DA provides them adequate irrigation, postharvest...

In the coming months, Zambia will face the effects of both floods and deficit rainfall as a result of the mixed rainfall performance during the 2006/07 season, in which many parts of the country received excessive rainfall and parts of the south had prolonged dry spells. In the coming months, Zambia will face the effects of both floods and deficit rainfall as a result of the mixed rainfall performance during the 2006/07 season, in which many parts of the country received excessive rainfall...

DAILY EXPRESS NEWS Govt acts on loss of padi lands Papar: All district offices in Sabah have been directed not to approve applications by landowners to convert their padi lands for commercial development, said Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail. DAILY EXPRESS NEWS Govt acts on loss of padi lands Papar: All district offices in Sabah have been directed not to approve applications by landowners to convert their padi lands for commercial development, said...

Farmers were advised to spray their rice fields with Malathion and Othene insecticides to protect the crops from the brown planthopper. He said control of the pest was very important because of the severe damage it could cause to rice plants, so farmers had to visit their farms regularly. Mr Chand said farmers had to go inside the fields and search for the pest and then spray the field once two or three hoppers were found at the base of the rice plants to avoid them spreading. Should Fiji...

Much of Eastern Arkansas is dedicated to row cropping and has benefited from commodity payments made under the Farm Bill, while Northwest Arkansas and River Valley farmers have received far less because they don't grow the typical commodity program crops like rice, wheat and cotton. Food stamp programs will gobble up two-thirds of the total $602 billion, up from $492 billion under the current bill, which will expire in September. Arkansas row croppers stand to lose and the picture is still...