Category: Agriculture Report (农业报道)

This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. Pedro Sanchez (PAY-dro SAHN-chez)of the United States has won the World Food Prize for this year. Theprize will be presented in October…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. American scientist Morse Solomon has developed an unusual methodto make meat softer. First, put a kilogram or more of firm meat in acontainer…

This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. The United States has proposed aplan to reform international trade rules for farm products. TheUnited States is proposing to cut government assistance…

The American state of California is famous for its agriculture.Now, scientists are working to make California a world leader in theproduction of caviar. Caviar is made from the eggs of…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. Farmers who grow organic food do not use chemicals to increasetheir crops or control insects and disease. However, a new studyshows that chemicals…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. Watermelon is popular in the United States. Many people enjoyeating it on a hot, summer day. Watermelon has a hard outer skin anda…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. People rarely consider the life of a chicken whose meat they areplanning to eat. Yet the way chickens and other farm animals aretreated…

This is the VOA Special EnglishAGRICULTURE REPORT. Americans love popcorn. They eat it at home, at sports events,and in movie theaters. Popcorn has smaller pieces or kernels thanother kinds of…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. The carrot is a plant with a root that is eaten as a vegetable.Carrots are grown throughout the world. When people think aboutcarrots,…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. Agricultural scientists in Switzerland have demonstrated thelong-term effects of organic farming methods. Organic farms use noman-made chemicals to increase crops or control insects…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. Many farmers grow sunflower plants. The tall plants producebeautiful flowers and seeds that are good to eat. They also producea high quality oil…

This is the VOA Special EnglishAGRICULTURE REPORT. Humans have long wanted to change animals to meet their needs.Now, an Israeli scientist is developing chickens without thefeathers that cover a bird’s…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. The tsetse (TSEET-see) fly is a serious problem in many parts ofAfrica. Tsetse flies cause problems in an area of almost ten-millionsquare kilometers.…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. President Bush has signed a major farm bill. The new lawincreases government support programs for farmers. It is estimatedto cost one-hundred-ninety-thousand-million dollars over…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish AGRICULTURE REPORT. Irrigation is the watering of land by other than natural methods.Irrigation projects provide water for crops in areas that have longperiods of little…