China Green Agriculture, Inc. , a leading producer and distributor of organic humic acid based liquid compound fertilizer through its wholly owned subsidiary, Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd., today released a letter to shareholders from the company's CEO, Tao Li, outlining the Company's immediate investor relations plan and establishing guidance for 2008 and 2009.

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Soybean output in Brazil, the world's second-biggest producer after the U.S., rose 2.8 percent from last year, matching last month's estimate, the Agriculture Ministry's crop forecaster said.

In its efforts to promote farming activities in the state the Bauchi State government has purchased 1200 power tillers for N469,995,000.00 to be distributed to small-scale farmers on loan.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development estimated that around 32.8 trillion VND will be needed to enhance competiveness of Vietnamese coffee at local and global markets to 2015.

Last week the State minister for Agriculture, Dr Agnes Kalibata, urged farmers in the Eastern Province to plant crops early so as to ensure good harvests.

There is urgent need to deal with the unexploited growth potential in Uganda's rural areas. During his tour to promote Prosperity-For-All (Bonna Bagaggawale), President Yoweri Museveni has met farmers who earn over sh24m annually, demonstrating the untapped potential.

With the growth of the local foods movement and their increasing production capacity, a pair for brothers think hydroponics could be the future of agriculture - especially in the desert climate of Northern Nevada.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Forty-nine Barisan Nasional (BN) members of parliament left for Taiwan today on a study tour of the agriculture technology being used in the island nation.

Judy Wicks, a leader in the local living economies movement, will give the Center for Environmental Farming Systems' 2008 Sustainable Agriculture Lecture, at 7 p.m. Sept. 16, at the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh.

Workers who grow local food are vulnerable and often invisible to the general public stressed Jim Sinclair, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour.