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Corn, other cash crops off to best start in years
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 1 day agoData from the United States Department of Agriculture shows the majority of corn, soybean and cotton crops are off to a either a good or an excellent...
China Police Chief Stresses Food Security as Drought Lingers
Bloomberg· 5 days agoThe head of China’s police has vowed to crack down on agricultural crimes to safeguard food...
UN food chief: Poorest areas have zero harvests left
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMeanwhile, flash floods in Afghanistan earlier this year are estimated to have destroyed 24,000 hectares of land already...developing world when those...
Persistent rainfall in arid areas may cause floods, expert warns
China Daily· 1 day agoWhile recent concentrated rainfall has notably alleviated drought conditions in some of China's main agricultural production areas, a meteorological expert on Wednesday warned ...
Argentina has surplus harvest, but farmers want more from Milei
AFP via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoIn the pampas, Argentina's vast and fertile grasslands outside Buenos Aires, grain silos overflow...
Argentina Has Surplus Harvest, But Farmers Want More From Milei
International Business Times· 2 days agoIn the pampas, Argentina's vast and fertile grasslands outside Buenos Aires, grain silos overflow...
Opinion | Extreme conditions a grim China challenge
South China Morning Post· 2 days agoPresident Xi Jinping has ordered regional and local leaders facing floods or drought to step up their disaster preparation, coordination, monitoring and...
China is getting too much rain in the south and not enough rain, plus a heat wave, in the north
San Francisco Chronicle· 7 days agoChina is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding forcing the evacuation...
What sparked one of SLO County’s largest-ever wildfires? A tractor on Santa Margarita Ranch
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBackfiring saved a number of ranch homes in the fire area as well as the Rinconada quicksilver mine,...
Explainer-Why Food Prices Will Remain High in India
US News & World Report· 2 days agoElevated prices of food, which accounts for nearly half of the overall consumer price basket, has kept headline inflation above the central bank's target of 4%, preventing it from cutting interest ...