2013-06-04 DRC Farmers Facing Theft Switch to Less Edible Crops
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Report says farmers in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo are protecting against crop theft in an unusual…
2013-05-21 Congress Debates Subsidies for US Farmers
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Congress has been debating a new Farm Bill — a huge 5-year plan that includes subsidy programmes for American farmers. Government…
2013-05-07 Straw Bale Gardening
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Straw bale gardening is a way to grow food above the ground. Straw is what remains of the plants stems after…
2013-04-30 USDA Agreed to Change the Design of Meat Labels
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. The United States Department of Agriculture has agreed to meet industrial proposals to change the design of meat labels and how…
2013-04-23 Opium Poppy Growing Has Increased in Afghanistan
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agricultural Report. Afghan farmers have another big harvest this year, but officials at the United Nations and around the world are not celebrating.…
2013-04-02 The Moringa Oleifera plant
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agricultural Report in Special English. A listener in Nigeria, Gaddafii Addam, has asked us to talk about the Moringa Oleifera plant. This kind…
2013-03-26 Life Not So Sweet for Nigerian Sugar Farmers
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report in Special English. Farmers in northern Nigeria say their land could be some of the most productive for sugar in West…
2013-03-12 Friends With Benefits, in the Plant World
From VOA Learning English, This is the Agriculture Report in Special English. Companion planting is the idea that some kinds of plants can help each other grow. Plants that are…
2013-03-05 In the Garden: Growing Beets
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beets are a tasty root vegetable that do not require much work in the garden. People might think beets are always dark…
2013-02-12 Gardening: Vegetables Made in the Shade
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Not all vegetables need lots of sunshine. Mark Hoffman and his wife, Guia, own a bed-and-breakfast guesthouse in rural Kempton, Illinois. They…
2013-01-22 Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When is a plant considered a weed? Experts at Penn State University have a simple answer: When the undesirable qualities outweigh the…
2013-01-15 New Rules Aim to Improve US Food Safety
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report in Special English. Each year, bad food sickens about one in six Americans. Proposed new rules aim to improve food safety.…
2012-12-11 Mangrove Trees Fight Poverty in Eritrean Village
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report in Special English. Last Friday was the anniversary of the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,…