Category: Agriculture Report (农业报道)

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. From the beginning of human history, people have used oils fromseeds and nuts. Most of the time these oils are…

Ever since that time, the Netherlands has been the world’sbiggest producer of tulip bulbs. Tulip bulbs alone are a forty-onemillion dollar export business. In the northern part of the world,…

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Consider the life of a crop farmer. One year, the growingconditions are excellent. The farmer has a huge crop.…

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. There are lots of insects thatfarmers hate. But there also are some they like. These protect cropsagainst damage from other…

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Farmers have long put animal waste on their fields. They may alsouse human waste. Modern ways to process waste and…

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Snap beans possess the goodqualities of other beans, but they may be less well known. Snapbeans are native to the…

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. In September, the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun,Mexico, ended without an agreement. There was strong debate aboutpayments to farmers…

This is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Today we finish a two-part series. A listener in Brazil askedabout agroecology. This is a field of ideas about how…

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. This week, we take a suggestion from a listener in Brazil.Agricultural specialist Luiz Augusto Verona in Chapeco would like tohear…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, we told how to choose a place for a home garden andhow to prepare the soil. Now we discuss planting…

This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Today we finish our series on homegardens. One of the hardest parts can be caring for young plants early inthe…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For many people, growing crops on a small piece of land is not abusiness. For them, a home garden may be an…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats have provided meat and milkfor people longer than sheep or cows. More people use milk productsfrom goats than from cows. There…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Plant scientists consider themfruit. Most other people think of them as vegetables. Whatever youcall tomatoes, there are many different kinds of this…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A study has found no serious effects after farmers in Denmarkended the use of antibiotics to increase growth in pigs andchickens. Many…