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A Palestinian farmer (L) attempts to prevent Israeli settlers from approaching an olive grove being harvested near the Palestinian village of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, on October 29, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
July 19, 2026, 8:20 pm
Government document shows 650 youths living in illegal West Bank outposts
Figures come from Settlements Ministry budget allocations for ‘at-risk youth’ in West Bank, providing settlement municipal authorities with NIS 12M for outpost youth residents
By Jeremy Sharon
Calves transported from Australia to Israel by sea photographed covered in dried excrement. (Israel Against Live Shipments)
July 16, 2026, 10:24 am
Welfare activists petition High Court in bid to end live animal shipments
Noting conditions at sea fail to meet minimum legal standards for animal welfare on land, petitioners call for changes in taxation to encourage imports of chilled meat
By Sue Surkes
A married couple from Thailand, known as Qwon, left, and Tay, participate in the Shavuot celebration in Shavei Zion, Western Galilee, where they work in the avocado groves, on May 21, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
July 11, 2026, 9:35 am
Braving war losses and tough conditions, Thai workers stay rooted in Israeli agriculture
51 foreign laborers from Thailand have been killed by terror groups since 2023, and 31 were among the Oct. 7 hostages, but that hasn’t caused them to flee Israel’s fields and groves
By Diana Bletter
A fisherman shows a lionfish caught during the national championship for underwater fishing of red lionfish, at Los Caracolitos beach, in Higuerote, southeast of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
June 7, 2026, 3:12 am
The hunt for the red lionfish — a beautiful and dangerous invader
The stunning Red Sea predator is wreaking havoc on the Mediterranean ecosystem, prompting an unprecedented alliance to curb its rapidly expanding population
By Aviv Lavie
Waste fishing tackle from drones collected by Tal Raz. (Courtesy)
May 17, 2026, 6:06 pm
In boon for marine life, Agriculture Ministry bans fishing drones
Remotely piloted aircraft allow enthusiasts to cast rods hundreds of meters out to sea, where larger creatures such as sea turtles roam
By Sue Surkes
Milking time at Kibbutz Alumim's dairy, near the Gaza border in southern Israel, January 13, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 17, 2026, 2:54 pm
Milking it: New figures show Israelis consuming more dairy products and alternatives
Agriculture Ministry publishes new figures ahead of Shavuot and in wake of Knesset Committee okay to expand Dairy Council powers, despite Treasury opposition
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image of Holstein dairy cows. (JackF, iStock by Getty Images)
May 12, 2026, 10:13 pm
Farmers urge policy shift on foot-and-mouth outbreak as farms become overcrowded
Calling for new risk assessment and financial compensation, co-op says new Agriculture Ministry guidelines take the wrong approach
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image of bagged grapes. (Oleksandr Lanevskyi, iStock at Getty Images)
April 22, 2026, 10:11 am
Retail chains found to be charging over double what they pay for imported grapes
Agriculture Ministry mulling price controls after audit reveals grapes imported for NIS 14 per kilogram (less than $5) being sold for NIS 32 (more than $10)
By Sue Surkes
File: People barbecue during Passover in Herzliya, April 13, 2025 (Tal Gal/Flash90)
April 20, 2026, 2:06 pm
Despite cost of living hikes, Israelis are eating more beef, veal
Annual per capita consumption of 20.2 kilograms of bovine meat last year was 7% up on the year before, Agriculture Ministry says; purchases set to jump for Independence Day
By Sue Surkes
A bull grazing on the hills of the Lower Galilee region of northern Israel. (Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
March 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak closes two nature reserves to public
With two wild gazelles already dead, Nature and Parks Authority, Agriculture Ministry, draw line around northern Israel region hit by new strain of viral infection
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Workers tend to daily tasks on a farm in the Galilee. (Yossi Zamir /Flash90)
March 9, 2026, 3:15 pm
Nature society calls to freeze ‘land grab’ retroactively legalizing Galilee farm buildings
SPNI says Agriculture Ministry plan to legitimize illegal structures on lands equivalent in size to Tel Aviv-Jaffa includes areas in nature reserves, national parks, forests
By Sue Surkes
Lemon tree leaves nabbed by customs officials at Ben Gurion Airport showing signs of infection by greening disease, February 10, 2026. (Agriculture Ministry)
February 10, 2026, 9:27 pm
Customs agents nab infected lemon tree, averting ‘disaster’
Resident of central Holon in his 70s tries to smuggle sapling from Thailand infected with disease that has wiped out citrus groves across US, Asia, Africa, and Brazil
By Sue Surkes
Dairy farmers and their supporters protest against the milk reform led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the HaGoma Junction near the city of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, January 6, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
January 5, 2026, 2:32 pm
Hundreds of farmers protest ‘destructive’ dairy reform plan at junctions nationwide
Demonstrators chant, ‘Zionism and security can’t be imported,’ as agriculture minister says he’ll thwart Smotrich proposal to deregulate industry that’s likely to cost local farms
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
Dairy farm at the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Alumim. (Courtesy)
November 20, 2025, 9:54 am
As consumers froth over milk shortages, dairies spoil for a fight to halt industry shakeup
Advocacy groups plan campaign against finance minister’s proposed reforms; Agriculture Ministry pushes alternative plan amid concern for dairy farmers and food security
By Sharon Wrobel
Chickens inside a chicken coop in Israel on August 11, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 7, 2025, 6:26 pm
Poultry producers warn first-ever imports of chickens will destroy local farms
Association of Poultry Farmers says 6,000 jobs at risk, mainly on Gaza and northern borders; importers say ‘fair competition will benefit consumers’
By Sue Surkes
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