Category: Agriculture Report (农业报道)

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Over the years, new technologies have changed farming. Change in a general direction is a trend. Yet people often recognize…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Most fish farming involves freshwater fish. Eighty-five percent of aquaculture in the United States is done in rivers and lakes.…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Exotic Newcastle disease is a viral infection that spreads easily among birds. The disease causes breathing problems in birds and…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. More than ninety kinds of fruits, vegetables, nuts and seed crops depend on bees for reproduction. Bees pollinate thousands of…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Cover crops are an ancient way to help farmers improve their soil, increase their harvests and, these days, save money…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United States Department of Agriculture wants to develop a system to follow the movements of cows, chickens and pigs…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A study in China suggests that two kinds of genetically engineered rice can reduce the costs, and dangers, of poison…

I’m Gwen Out with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A listener in Vietnam has a question about corn breeding. Ho Lan Phuong has read about “pure-line development” and “broad-line…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When we think of harvests, we usually think of plants. But can you also harvest a liquid? Sure. Just think…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Our subject this week involves food safety. We have a question from a listener in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Since ancient times, farmers in many cultures have prepared the land for growing crops. They used plows to turn the…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, we discussed how farmers can control harmful insects by mixing different kinds of plants with the main crop.…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Agricultural scientists are continually looking for new ways to improve crops, control insects and reduce the need for chemicals. It…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Avian influenza could force changes in the way farm birds are raised in Asia. The disease has already hurt the…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. If you have a few hectares ofland, it might be a good place to raise sheep. Some years ago, themagazine…