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In France's north, winegrowers bet on a warmer future
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
In a land long associated with cider and Calvados, winemaker Sebastien Fricker is betting that a warming climate can turn one of France's northernmost regions i...
European Cities Could Meet 28 Percent of Vegetable Demand Through Urban Agriculture
May 01, 2026 (SPX)
The study, published 22 April 2026 in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society, systematically assessed urban agriculture potential across 840 cities in 30 Eu...
Machine Learning Drives High-Resolution Daily Soil Moisture Mapping Across China
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
Soil moisture governs surface water evaporation, runoff, and the energy exchange between land and atmosphere. During drought conditions, soil moisture levels re...
Wild Balkan berries keep gin taste steady as climate shifts
Apr 24, 2026 (AFP)
Although still months from the autumn harvest, the 34-year-old picker -- who has collected juniper here since childhood -- expertly plucks an almost ripe berry ...
Satellite Framework Unlocks Hidden Crop Sowing and Emergence Dates at Field Scale
Apr 17, 2026 (SPX)
The study, published in the Journal of Remote Sensing, integrates daily synthetic Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) imagery with machine-learning models to re...
Soil plastic fragments host viral webs that could reshape farming
Mar 09, 2026 (SPX)
These plastic fragments, typically smaller than five millimeters, enter agricultural soils through plastic mulch, sewage sludge, irrigation water, and breakdown...
Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs
Mar 08, 2026 (AFP)
As the Southeast Asian country's lone expert on the oft-misunderstood insect -- and discoverer of 15 species -- friends have dubbed the soft-spoken scientist "I...
Trump issues order to support production of glyphosate
Feb 19, 2026 (AFP)
The White House said that glyphosate-based herbicides are widely used in American agriculture, but there is only one domestic producer, necessitating imports. T...
Regrowing marginal farmland can curb emissions without cutting food output
Feb 18, 2026 (SPX)
Agricultural activities are a major driver of habitat loss and ecosystem degradation, while also demanding large amounts of water and contributing to nutrient r...
Coffee regions hit by extra days of extreme heat: scientists
Feb 18, 2026 (AFP)
An analysis found that there were 47 extra days of harmful heat per year on average in 25 countries representing nearly all global coffee production between 202...
Struggling farmers find hope in India co-operative
Feb 18, 2026 (AFP)
Agriculture is the backbone of India's rural-driven economy, employing more than 700 million people. But the industry has been mired in crisis for decades, with...
'Make America Healthy' movement takes on Big Ag, in break with Republicans
Feb 16, 2026 (AFP)
The MAHA movement is best known for championing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's policies on rolling back vaccine recommendations, overturning the tradit...
EU says Chinese levies on dairy products are 'unjustified'
Feb 13, 2026 (AFP)
"We consider these measures to be unwarranted and unjustified. We do acknowledge that these duties in the final determination are substantially lower than those...
China instructs infant milk makers to test for toxin in major recall
Feb 12, 2026 (AFP)
Since December, several manufacturers, including Swiss giant Nestle, have issued recalls of infant formula that could be contaminated with cereulide in more tha...
China to reduce levies on EU dairy products from Friday
Feb 12, 2026 (AFP)
The reduction continues an easing of trade tensions between the two giant markets following agreements in recent months on minimum prices for Chinese electric v...
Eat less meat, France urges, for sake of health, climate
Feb 11, 2026 (AFP)
The contentious decision came as part of a "National Strategy for Food, Nutrition and Climate," setting out the government's aims until 2030 on balancing a heal...
Swiss probing infant formula after babies show symptoms
Feb 09, 2026 (AFP)
"Several cases of symptoms in babies have been reported to the authorities in recent days," the Swiss food safety authority said in a statement sent to AFP. Inv...
Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide
Feb 07, 2026 (AFP)
The move comes despite federal courts in 2020 and 2024 striking down the Environmental Protection Agency's previous approvals of the contentious weedkiller. "Th...
No fences needed: GPS collars show 'virtual fencing' is next frontier of livestock grazing
Feb 04, 2026 (SPX)
With a $900,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, five Missouri producers are beta testing a high-tech virtual fencing solution that uses GP...
More baby milk recalls in France after new toxin rules
Feb 02, 2026 (AFP)
French maker Popote said it was recalling two lots, while Vitagermine removed three different batches of Babybio formula from the shelves in the latest such rec...
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