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By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Landscaping is known as the art of altering existing natural features to create a structured result. Add farming practices to t... Read More...

A weekend ‘farmcation’ is now actually a thing

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Small farms in the US thrive with little income, but today, letting guests stay and experience farm life give them additional source of money. It was Seren S... Read More...

Are we food secure?

By Rolando Dy Once again, a food price crisis has hit the country. It was so in 1995, in 2015, and this year (2018). What seems to be wrong? The National ... Read More...

The rehabilitation of Bongol-Tambal-Quipot Farm to Market Road holds groundbreaking ceremony

The Philippine Rural Development Project and Provincial Project Management and Implementation Unit (PPMIU) Iloilo conducted a Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Reh... Read More...

Kidapawan City established a “bagsakan area” to highlight local tropical fruits at the Kasadya sa Timpupo Festival

Kidapawan City, North Cotabato through its City Agriculture Office established a “bagsakan area” where local farmers can display their fruits for retail and who... Read More...

Hevea apparatus makes old rubber trees productive again

A new technology developed in Malaysia can make old rubber trees productive again. Trees that are more than 50 years old at the rubber plantation of the Central... Read More...

Italy pushes bill to give excess food from businesses to charities

Billions of tonnes of food go to waste yearly, and with that, Italy introduces a law to order food businesses to donate unsold food to charities instead of just... Read More...

Agronomist, former UP president receives title of ‘National Scientist’

By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Emil Q. Javier, according to a Presidential Decree signed last Wednesday, received the esteemed title of “National Scientist” ... Read More...

Holland bus stops turned green: hopes to completely clean public transport by 2028

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In their bid for a green revolution, Utrecht, Netherlands started transforming a total of 316 bus stop roofs into bee-friendly haven. Roofs were planted with mo... Read More...

Young guys beating the old guards in agri-chem business

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By Zac B. Sarian When our advertising account executive at Agriculture Magazine suggested that we interview the founder of a very successful company that dis... Read More...

Meet a man who has contributed so much to Philippine agriculture

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By Zac B. Sarian This time, we would like you to meet one person who has done so much to promote innovative agri technologies in the country. No, he is no... Read More...

Mexican scientist turns cactus juice into biodegradable plastic

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A breakthrough experiment was made by a Mexican scientist named Sandra Pascoe Ortiz, who discovered cactus as an ingredient for plastic. Ortiz wanted to replace... Read More...

Farming bears fruits of body confidence

AC Shilton, a journalist and a former athlete, was never confident about her body until she went into farming. After having a career and identity crisis, Shilto... Read More...

Agricultural drones introduced to Iloilo rice farmers

By Sheila Mae H. Toreno ILOILO CITY— To alleviate the impact of high farming cost, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) demonstrated on Wednesday the ... Read More...

William Dar named as new Secretary of Agriculture

By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao President Rodrigo Duterte recently appointed former director-general of the International Crops Research Institute for the Sem... Read More...

Meat judging shines bright for the next generation of the red meat industry

Out of the 200 competitors at the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging (ICMJ) competition, two second year Animal Science students of Murdoch University, Cla... Read More...

New water facility benefits evacuation site

By Julio P. Yap Jr. Most people in many relocation sites across the country live with limited access to water. In some relocation sites, ground water is e... Read More...

Organic farm spearheads weekly event that focuses on eating right as part of living well

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By Nikky Necessario Many people dread Mondays, but Kai Farms is offering a different way to start the week. The organic farm wants people to be mindful of wh... Read More...

SL Agritech ignites new hope for Marawi through farming

Keeping true to its commitment to help in the rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi, SL Agritech, the major hybrid rice producer in the country, celebrated the firs... Read More...