Agriculture

Mokslininkai prašo imtis neatidėliotinų veiksmų, nes invaziniai kenkėjai plinta ir taip dėl nepritekliaus kenčiančiuose regionuose.

Lithuanian apple growers complain that they cannot compete with imported fruit which are made more affordable by lower taxes and looser quality regulation, Lietuvos Žinios reports.

First locally grown strawberries have reached Lithuanian marketplaces, but high prices have made buyers wonder if they are not another sign of price hikes following the euro adoption.

Agriculture has proven fertile ground for innovators and developers of smart solutions as well as investors eager to put their money into new technology. However, Lithuanian startups have so far shown little interest in the field.

Lithuanian farmers gave out free milk to people in the centre of Vilnius outside the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday in protest at the low prices they are getting from retailers for their milk.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the government is making an effort to secure assistance from the European Commission for the country's dairy farmers.

In Lithuanian retail centres, a litre of milk can now often be bought for less than a litre of water. According to Lithuanian farmers, this has even led to livestock “emigration.”

The revival in the cultivation of hemp for use in practical products in Lithuania is a revival of a thousands year-old practice according to archaeologists.