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  • Breakfast on the Farm Program features the families behind the food

    Date:2014/03/15

    MSU Extension's Breakfast on the Farm gives consumers and farm neighbors a first-hand look at modern food production and the farm families who work hard to produce a safe, wholesome food supply. Posted on March 13, 2014 by Nancy Thelen, Michigan...

  • Performance of Northeast Pharmaceutical, 2012 and 2013

    Date:2014/03/13

    Item 2013, million USD 2012, million USD YoY change, % Revenue 633.51 632.58 0.15 Operating profit -33.64 -54.40 / Net profit attributable to share...

  • Output value of pesticides in China (by 100% technical), 2008-2013, million USD

    Date:2014/03/03

    Year Insecticides Share Fungicides Share Herbicides Share Others Share Total 2008 6,211 34.10% 2,206 12.10...

  • Deciphering the Agriculture Act of 2014 - Farm Bill

    Date:2014/03/16

    Farmers scramble to learn more about the new Agriculture Act of 2014 or “Farm Bill” before planting season starts. Posted on March 14, 2014 by Dennis Stein, Michigan State University Extension It took a long time to draft the new Farm Bill...

  • China unveils landmark urbanization plan

    Date:2014/03/17

    BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday unveiled an urbanization plan for the 2014-2020 period in an effort to steer the country's urbanization onto a human-centered and environmentally friendly path.   Urbanization is the road that China ...

  • 14th Inner Mongolia int'l agricultural fair opens in Hohhot

    Date:2014/03/17

    A man checks the new product of an exhibitor during the 14th Inner Mongolia international agricultural fair in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 16, 2014. The agricultural fair, with the participation of more th...

  • Villagers take part in ceremony for spring ploughing in Tibet

    Date:2014/03/17

    A tractor driver ploughes cropland as he takes part in a ceremony for spring ploughing in Bangdui Village of Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2014. A ceremony for spring ploughing was held here on March 16, marking t...

  • Agriculture carnival kicks off in Beijing

    Date:2014/03/17

    A woman poses for photos at a grain booth during the second Beijing agriculture carnival held in the Changping district of Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2014. More than 500 new species of agricultural products were presented during the carniva...

  • Farmers start spring ploughing across country

    Date:2014/03/17

    A farm machine fixer helps a farmer repair a machine in Quanzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 14, 2014. (Xinhua/Wang Zichuang)   A farmer ploughs a cole field with a machine in Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province...

  • Government should build more boarding schools for left-behind children

    Date:2014/03/17

    The government is being urged to establish more boarding schools to take care of left-behind children in rural areas.   "Considering more than 60 percent of left-behind children are taken care of by their grandparents, who are elderly and physic...

  • Setaria emerges as a novel model for grasses functional genomics

    Date:2014/03/17

      Setaria is on the fast track to becoming a novel model for grasses research in functional genomics. This is a consensus reached at the 1st International Setaria Genetics Conference (ISGC 2014) held in Beijing on March10-12th, 2014.   IS...

  • Heavy snow loads and low temperatures challenge Michigan greenhouse growers

    Date:2014/03/18

    While harsh winter wreaks havoc on Michigan greenhouses, growers remain optimistic for spring sales. Posted on March 17, 2014 by Heidi Wollaeger, Michigan State University Extension The almost record-breaking snowfall and subzero temperat...

  • Phosphorus and potassium fertilizer recommendations for high-yielding, profitable soybeans

    Date:2014/03/18

    Maximize your economic returns from phosphorus and potassium fertilizer applications to soybeans. Posted on March 17, 2014 by Mike Staton, Michigan State University Extension The keys to maximizing the economic returns from phosphorus (P)...

  • What is the best time to plant corn in Michigan?

    Date:2014/03/18

    Planting date research has shown that the optimum corn planting period for much of Michigan is the beginning to middle of May. There are no agronomic or economic advantages to planting corn before April 20. Posted on March 17, 2014 by George Sil...

  • Animal welfare for youth: Part 1 – what is animal welfare?

    Date:2014/03/18

    This new series will explore basic concepts of animal welfare and why it is important 4-H youth involved in animal projects understand this subject. Posted on March 17, 2014 by Melissa Elischer, Michigan State University Extension Animal ...

  • MOA Chief Agronomist attends 32nd APRC

    Date:2014/03/18

    The 32nd FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) was convened in Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia from March 13-14, 2014. Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altanhuyag and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva attended the opening c...

  • In pictures: Terrace scenery of Yunnan, China

    Date:2014/03/18

    Photo taken on March 6, 2014 shows the scenery of terraced fields in Yuanyang County of Honghe Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee inscribed China's cultural landscape of Honghe Hani...

  • Major role for China seen in Brazil's farm-to-market trade

    Date:2014/03/18

    Brazil's rapidly developing agricultural industry provides new opportunities for Chinese infrastructure companies, because Brazil finds it necessary to build more ports and railways to improve its product transportation system, China's Ambassador to ...

  • China Focus: China's new plan targets quality urbanization

    Date:2014/03/18

       ? The National New-type Urbanization Plan (2014-2020) is the country's first official plan on urbanization.  ? China's permanent urban residents make up 53.7 percent of its population.  ? By 2020, permanent urban r...

  • Integrated logistics key to promote agri-food exchange between China, Italy

    Date:2014/03/18

    By Marzia De Giuli   BERGAMO, Italy, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The recent launch of a project to export Italian agri-food products to China has developed a model of "integrated logistics" between the two countries that creators said can ease and opti...