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China is getting too much rain in the south and not enough rain, plus a heat wave, in the north -...
WTOP Washington· 14 hours agoChina is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding in parts of the south and a heat wave and potential drought in the north. The body of a student ...
The UK’s Muddy Fields Are Latest Climate Threat to Food Security
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 18 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- From tractors stuck in muddy paddocks to raw sewage washing up from clogged...
'We are creating new crops five-times faster'
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAvalo, which works with companies in Asia and North America, is also working to make rice resistant to frost, and potatoes more tolerant to drought. “Our...
Patrick Gottsch, Who Gave Voice to Rural America, Dies at 70
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoAfter some historically bad crop yields due to drought, his father told him there was no future for...
Exclusive-Paraguay soy exports pick up pace as prices bounce, data show
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoThe landlocked South American nation's shipments of the oilseed hit 1.13 million metric tons in May,...
Exclusive: Paraguay soy exports pick up pace as prices bounce, data show
Reuters· 5 days agoThe landlocked South American nation's shipments of the oilseed hit 1.13 million metric tons in May,...
How forecasts of bad weather can drive up your grocery bill
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s no...
China is getting too much rain and not enough rain
WGRZ-TV Buffalo· 12 hours agoThe Chinese government has issued repeated calls to step up disaster prevention and preparedness in anticipation of more severe weather events. Elsewhere...
Water shortage threatens agriculture industry in the Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio Express-News· 15 hours agoIn a dusty field northeast of Edinburg, water is pouring from a blue pipe and splashing through rows...
Can a diet that's good for the planet reduce your risk of dying from disease?
CBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA diet promoting plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more human argument: It may...