Cereals

Cereals

Sudan: FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
30/06/2025 - Rome/Port Sudan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a large-scale emergency seed distribution campaign targeting 1.5 million farming...
Study Finds Potential for Olive Mill Wastewater in Biopesticides
07/05/2025 - Olive mill wastewater has potential as a biopesticide, providing a sustainable solution for both the environment and the olive oil industry.By Daniel DawsonMay. 7, 2025...
Cargill expands US animal nutrition presence with two feed mill acquisitions
10/09/2024 - 10 Sep 2024 --- Cargill has acquired two feed mills from Compana Pet Brands to expand its presence in the agriculture retail, large ranching and farming segments in western and central US. This...
Beyond The Headlines: Cargill focuses on sustainable crop research, Improving poultry meat juiciness
12/07/2024 - 12 Jul 2024 --- This week in industry news, Cargill addressed sustainability challenges in the agriculture supply chain through a research partnership. US-based Innophos launched a specialty...
Composting Could Be Set for U.S. Boom
01/07/2024 - Some states, municipalities and private-sector companies are pushing to make composting as commonplace as recycling. But it’s a long-haul effort. Composting has many benefits for the...
Characterisation of fruit trees in the EU: a tool for crop?based survey of Union quarantine pests
31/05/2024 - This technical report was prepared in the context of the EFSA mandate on plant pest surveillance (M?2020?0114) at the request of the European Commission. Its purpose is to support Member States in...
Addressing hidden hunger in developing countries: Study investigates genetic information of millet
23/05/2024 - Millet, the grain, is having a moment. The United Nations declared 2023 the International Year of Millets. And last September, leaders at the G20 Summit in India were treated to a smorgasbord of...
A Family Brew – Celebrating Mother-Daughter Coffee Farmer on International Women’s Day
- When people think of farmers or ranchers in rural America, what image comes to mind? It probably isn’t a mother-daughter duo in Hawaii. Lorie and Joan Obra exhibit the essence of women in...
Future food security: Scientists urge climate-smart agriculture to prioritize nutritional quality
05/01/2024 - 05 Jan 2024 --- Researchers assessing climate-smart agriculture and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa are calling for farmers in the region to diversify their agricultural production toward...
Agronomists map evolution and genetic diversity of millet to increase yield
22/12/2023 - Compared to other cereals, millet (Panicum miliaceum L) has an important advantage—resistance to a more arid climate. Millet contains all the essential amino acids, 10%–15% of its composition is...
Traditional Turkish Olive Cultivation Practices Recognized by UNESCO
14/12/2023 - The U.N. agency said Turkey’s traditional grafting, milling and table olive production methods are valuable to our global culture and must be safeguarded. A traditional olive mill in...
Applying pulp mill waste to soil could be a win-win for the environment and industry
04/12/2023 - Pulp mill waste destined for the landfill could instead be useful as an organic fertilizer that can help reduce the environmental impact of using conventional fertilizers while improving soil and...
Safety and efficacy of feed additives consisting of essential oils from the fruit and stems of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. ssp. vulgare: Bitter fennel oil for use in all animal species and sweet fennel oil for use in dogs and cats (FEFANA asbl)
30/10/2023 - Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of essential oils from fruit and stems of Foeniculum vulgare Mill....
Why 2023 is the International Year of Millets
05/10/2023 - In case you missed it, we’re three-quarters of the way into the International Year of Millets. It’s an official,...
Sin lombrices de tierra: adiós cereales
28/09/2023 - Sin lombrices de tierra: adiós cereales. Estas nuevas estimaciones de un trío de investigadores del CSU significan que las lombrices de tierra son significativas para hasta 140 millones de...
249 Kevin Morse - Flour, flavour and nutrients, how a back to the future mill changes everything for wheat farmers
26/09/2023 - A conversation with Kevin Morse, cofounder and CEO of Cairnspring Mills, about the fascinating world of grain, wheat and the little secret of flour, building a new Back to the Future mill, and much...
Ancient Shangzhai people consumed broomcorn millet, meat and dairy of ruminants during the Middle to Late Neolithic
25/09/2023 - As the crossroads of prehistoric cultures, the Beijing region is an important area for studying the exchange of prehistoric culture and the spread of millet agriculture, while there is a gap of...
Syria Restricts Olive Oil Exports as Harvest Outlook Worsens
14/09/2023 - Olive oil production in Syria is expected to fall by 50 percent in the 2023/24 crop year. Authorities have banned exports to prevent price rises. Sacks of olives at a mill in the Afrin...