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Families Enjoy Old-Fashioned Fourth of July (WLBT 3 Jackson)

Families enjoyed an old fashioned Fourth of July at the Agriculture and Forestry Museum, taking a step back in time as they entered the museum's "Small Town" area.

Namibia: Ministry Rapped for Overspending (AllAfrica.com)

The Auditor General's report on the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry looks good compared to other ministries, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts said yesterday.

Japan hopes to rely less on imported food (The Japan Times)

Japan will consider raising the target for its food self-efficiency rate from 45 percent to over 50 percent, farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi indicated Wednesday. The head of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry unveiled the plan after meeting with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at his official residence. Read the full story

Building flexible architectures for configurable UAV systems (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine)

Unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs) serve a critical need in a variety of missions, including reconnaissance and search-and-destroy, as well as outside the military in agriculture and forestry.

Opinion: More than growers (Otago Daily Times)

Andy West, from AgResearch, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's deputy director-general Barry O'Neill implicitly urge farmers to produce even more food ( ODT , June 16, 2008).