2010-08-03 Slaughterhouses on Wheels Come to the Aid of Small Farms
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. One of the great American success stories after World War Two was the rise of industrial farming. But now small is big.…
2010-07-20 Uncooperative Goat Becomes the Mother of an Invention
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Mike Henry has a two-hectare farm in Palmer, Alaska. About a year and a half ago, his goat Millie was giving him…
2010-07-27 Got Baboons in Your Crops? Offer Them a Snake Sandwich
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When farmers and wild animals share land, conflicts can be hard to prevent. But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is…
2010-07-13 Growing Trees in the Desert, With the Aid of a ‘Waterboxx’
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Pieter Hoff used to export lilies and tulips from the Netherlands. He retired from the flower export business seven years ago. Now,…
2010-07-06 Farming in the City: The Joys of Growing Food
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For many years, people in American cities have depended on farmers in rural areas to grow fruits and vegetables. But now a…
2010-06-29 In the Garden: Getting the Most Out of Mums
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. People have grown chrysanthemums for more than two thousand years. Chinese and other Asian cultures make tea with the flowers. But mums…
2010-06-15 In the Garden: Getting Started With Roses
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Most kinds of rose plants come from Asia. But roses are also native to other areas including northwest Africa, Europe and the…
2010-06-08 Farmers in East Africa Struggle Against Cassava Disease
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. About eight hundred million people in Africa, Asia and South America eat cassava. The plant is a major source of food energy…
2010-06-01 A Chicken in Every Pot: Finding New Uses for Feathers
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken. Some go into pillows, coats and other products. But countless chicken feathers…
2010-05-25 A Cotton Plant Kills One Kind of Bug, but Gets Blamed for Another
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In two thousand eight, scientists reported on a study of cotton grown in six provinces in northern China. The study involved bollworms,…
2010-05-18 Why Grafting Still Fits Nicely Into Agriculture
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Grafting is a way to produce plants from pieces of existing plants instead of seeds. Branches or buds are cut from one…
2010-05-11 In Kenya, Low-Cost Crop Insurance for Small Farmers
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Weather does not discriminate between large and small farms. If it rains too much or too little, crop insurance can pay for…
2010-05-04 Oil Spill Puts Fisheries, Birds at Risk Along US Gulf Coast
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American officials have suspended all fishing in parts of the Gulf of Mexico for at least ten days because of the huge…
2010-04-27 Transgenic Crops Get Good Marks in General in US Study
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American farmers first planted genetically engineered crops in nineteen ninety-six. Today eighty percent of the cropland for soybeans, maize and cotton in…
2010-04-20 Study Warns of Dangers to World’s Mangrove Forests
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Mangroves are unusual looking trees. They have roots that stand in saltwater and look like cables or ropes laid one on top…