Category: Agriculture Report (农业报道)

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Exotic Newcastle disease is a bird virus found in many parts of the world. Many kinds of birds carry it. But it…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In the sea, at the base of what scientists call the food web, are single-celled plants. These microscopic algae provide the energy…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beets are a tasty root vegetable that do not require much work to grow. People might think beets are always dark red.…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Carrots are grown on farms and in family gardens throughout the world. Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest. They…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This Thursday is Thanksgiving, the most popular holiday for Americans to eat turkey. But people may have to pay a little more…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For more than half a century, many farmers worldwide have added nitrogen fertilizer to their soil. They do this to increase the…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. To call land “marginal” means it is not very good. Farmers have their own way to describe it. Marginal land is the…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Joe Jutras lives in a small state, Rhode Island, but he thinks big. This year he grew a pumpkin weighing seven hundred…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue disease are all animal viruses that can ruin a farmer. An outbreak of one disease is bad…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. (SOUND) When Americans think of where coyotes live, they probably think of desert states in the Southwest like Arizona. But over time,…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Biodiesel is made from plant oils or animal fats. Producers of this renewable fuel often use oils like soybean or palm oil.…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American farmers are raising more goats for meat these days. The Department of Agriculture says the United States had about three million…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American beekeeping operations have been hit hard by what scientists call colony collapse disorder. Almost half of their worker bees have disappeared…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Nigeria is the world’s largest cowpea producer. Cowpeas are also called black-eyed peas. But there is always room for improvement. Recently, before…