The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

Inspections of chile imports heat up at New Mexico border

New Mexico's green chile season is in full swing as the aroma of fresh roasted peppers permeates the air

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022

Ministry seeks B11.4bn to aid farmers

The Commerce Ministry is poised to propose the cabinet approve a combined 11.4 billion baht to help oil palm and tapioca growers under the state-sponsored price guarantee schemes in the 2022/23 harvest season.

Bangkok Post · Sep 12, 2022

A preview of farmworkers’ hot future

By the end of the century, the San Joaquin Valley could endure two months of extreme heat every summer

Salon · Sep 12, 2022

The crisis of apple farmers in India

The increasing cost of production and the increase in GST on cartons has triggered protests in Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu · Sep 11, 2022

Lumpy skin disease infecting cattle in Jharkhand

No death of bovine animals due to the viral infection has been reported: official

The Hindu · Sep 11, 2022

The allotment has friends near and far

Seed swapping puts Allan Jenkins in touch with like-minded people in Ukraine, Spain, Canada, the plot next door…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022

2,171 cattle found infected with Lumpy skin disease in Madhya Pradesh; transportation of bovine animals banned

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the officials that the cattle being brought into Madhya Pradesh from other States should be banned

The Hindu · Sep 10, 2022

In Florida's Lake County, farmland vanishes as houses, industry move in

MOUNT DORA, Florida — Raquel Martin knows first-hand the development pressures farmers face in Lake County. As vice president of Liner Source, an ornamental nursery with about 200 acres, she says some of the offers she’s received for her land have been “insane.”

Orlando Sentinel · Sep 9, 2022

Majority of world's food producers risk being cooked by climate change

Worsening global heatwaves pose a threat to 70 percent of the world's agricultural and food production between now and 2045, a recent study by risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft has found.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9, 2022

Editorial: Illinois farmers do their part to relieve food insecurity. They need more help

These are the best of times for Illinois’ corn and soybean farmers, as anyone driving along downstate highways can plainly see. With just weeks to go before the peak of our state’s harvest, productive fields stretch for miles.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 9, 2022