The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/israeli-agriculture/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:04:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Israeli agriculture | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/israeli-agriculture/ 32 32 Israel and US sign agriculture trade agreement to clinch concessions on Trump tariffs https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-and-us-sign-agriculture-trade-agreement-to-clinch-concessions-on-trump-tariffs/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:34:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3704683 From January, Israel will lift remaining duties on US agricultural goods, amid wider discussions with Trump administration to ease tariffs on exports, remove trade barriers

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]]> Why pomegranates, a Rosh Hashanah staple, are disappearing from Israeli farms https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-pomegranates-a-rosh-hashanah-staple-are-disappearing-from-israeli-farms/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:21:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3645013 Loved by King Solomon, the fruit is valued for its beauty and health benefits. But farmers of this ruby-red member of the Seven Species complain that growing it is overly expensive

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]]> In war-ravaged northern Israel, farmers replant apple trees hoping for sweeter years ahead https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-war-ravaged-northern-israel-farmers-replant-apple-trees-hoping-for-sweeter-years-ahead/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3645833 With some 99,000 acres of farmland in the north destroyed during the Hezbollah conflict, growers face a bittersweet return as they judge whether to save orchards or start from scratch

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]]> Government amends Water Law to cut price for farmers https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-amends-water-law-to-cut-price-for-farmers/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:13:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3515558 Agriculture Ministry, kibbutz and moshav movements, farmers' federation, welcome move, which emphasizes speeding up the transition to using treated wastewater

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]]> Food waste cost economy NIS 1 billion during first six months of war — study https://www.timesofisrael.com/food-waste-cost-economy-nis-1-billion-during-first-six-months-of-war-study/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 03:37:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3342565 Lack of access and reduction in farmhands caused shortages that saw vegetables prices rise 18% and fruit prices 12%, says paper calling for more support for local growers

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]]> Up to 60,000 Israeli businesses may close in 2024 as war takes toll on economy https://www.timesofisrael.com/up-to-60000-israeli-businesses-may-close-in-2024-as-war-takes-toll-on-economy/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:40:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3334667 CofaceBDI says 46,000 businesses have shut down since Hamas invasion and slaughter on Oct. 7 amid ongoing war; construction, agriculture and services sectors are hit hardest

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]]> Despite ostensible ban, tens of thousands of Palestinians working in Israel — report https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-ostensible-ban-tens-of-thousands-of-palestinians-working-in-israel-report/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:05:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3252480 Although defense minister and IDF barred entry of laborers into Israel after October 7, TV network says some 2,400 businesses have been exempted for 'humanitarian' purposes

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]]> Agricultural research body says planned budget cuts will force it to halt activities https://www.timesofisrael.com/agricultural-research-body-says-planned-budget-cuts-will-force-it-to-halt-activities/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:02:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3232324 Volcani Institute fears having to renege on local, international research contracts, face lawsuits demanding return of funds, if Knesset approves amended 2024 budget

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]]> Compensation to farmers for extreme weather-related damage up 13% in 2023 https://www.timesofisrael.com/compensation-to-farmers-for-extreme-weather-related-damage-up-13-in-2023/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:55:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3196819 Set to pay out over $100 million for damage to crops and livestock, insurance company says climate change events are becoming more frequent, more powerful

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]]> War-linked hikes in prices of fruits and vegetables worsening food insecurity – report https://www.timesofisrael.com/war-linked-hikes-in-prices-of-fruits-and-vegetables-worsening-food-insecurity-report/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:03:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3195199 Leket Israel's annual report says half of discarded agricultural produce is fit for human consumption and should be saved, claims imports only raise prices

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]]> As crops wither, farmers say fields will soon be barren without foreign workers https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-crops-wither-farmers-say-fields-will-soon-be-barren-without-foreign-workers/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:35:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3157305 Volunteers help ease the agricultural sector's devastation since Oct. 7, but as skilled manpower shortages take root throughout the country, farmers lose hope

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]]> Cowboys of the wild West Bank: The visiting US volunteers who ‘own guns, love Israel’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/cowboys-of-the-wild-west-bank-the-visiting-us-volunteers-who-own-guns-love-israel/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:16:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3149342 The Christian Zionist group behind the recent viral images of American farmhands now in Israel eschews tourist sites in favor of agricultural work

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]]> In crowded Japanese-style forest, Israeli trees find space to grow https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-crowded-japanese-style-forest-israeli-trees-find-space-to-grow/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:18:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2938337 Miyawaki method mimics nature to reforest degraded land, in what proponents claim speeds process up tenfold

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]]> Why an Israeli farmer is celebrated for killing his crops (Hint: It’s in the Bible) https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-an-israeli-farmer-was-celebrated-for-killing-his-crops-hint-its-in-the-bible/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:38:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2749454 At the urging of his wife Ilana, Doron Toweg let their eggplants die, costing them massive contracts, as they joined a growing movement to observe the biblical precept of shmita

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]]> Hundreds of thousands of chickens to be culled as bird flu spreads; egg shortage due https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-thousands-of-chickens-to-be-culled-as-bird-flu-spreads-egg-shortage-due/ Sat, 25 Dec 2021 22:40:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2672246 Agriculture Ministry says it will kill 320,000 laying hens, in addition to the 244,000 that have already been culled in northern Israel in past week

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