December 27, 2012
Muhammad Behzad Rafiq, Dr.Atif Riaz, Mohsin Bashir
(Institute of horticulture sciences)
Cut-flower is the flower which is cut along with a portion of stem, to be used in vases and flower arrangements. Among cut flowers, Gladiolus, Lillium, Gerbera, Chrysanthemum, Carnation, Tulip, Orchids, Anthurium, Gypsophila, Bird of Paradise along with Rose on top are the most favorite flower used for this purpose. For the trade in cut flower industry vase-life or postharvest…
By Kelvin Heppner
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Canadian farmers are more optimistic than they've been in a while, according to the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.
"I would say the mood in the farm community is more positive than I've seen it in a number of years. Prices have stabilized. Western Canada had decent crop yields and high quality, so by in large I think it's pretty good," says Ron Bonnett, reflecting on 2012.
He notes it's largely due to the drought…
December 27, 2012
Fertiliser Manufacturers Pakistan Advisory Council (FMPAC) has said that domestic urea manufacturing plants have provided Rs 365 billion benefit to the farmers over the last 5 years, by keeping local urea prices significantly below international levels and that this a huge benefit to the agriculture industry and the economy.
A spokesman from FMPAC stated all the four SNGPL based fertiliser plants have incurred significant losses in the last 2 years due to non-supply…
December 27, 2012
MOHAMMAD BILAL TAHIR
Tea stockpiles in country are reported to have depleted over the past six months on the back of slow and selective imports from world markets in the wake of price surge in the international markets, industry sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday.
Fearing hoarding and price hike in the local market, traders and blenders said that at present, Pakistan had a stock sufficient for just six weeks against normal stores of between 12 and 15…
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