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NASA's Brad Doorn Brings Farm Belt Wisdom to Space-Age Agriculture
Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)
Trucking was often grueling work for the family, the day breaking early and ending in headlights. Like farming, driving a truck wasn't just a job; it was the en...
Olive seeds from space mission begin growth in China
Nov 20, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers intend to move the olive seedlings grown from 315 grams of these seeds outdoors by 2026 to aid their adaptation to natural conditions. Space mutatio...
American soil losing more nutrients for crops due to heavier rainstorms
Nov 20, 2024 (SPX)
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed data from 430 rivers across the U.S. and found that phosphorus loss from a...
Defiant Lebanese harvest olives in the shadow of war
Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)
This year, he is collecting the harvest against the backdrop of the raging Israel-Hezbollah war. He works in the village of Kfeir, just a few kilometres (miles)...
Denmark's major parties agree carbon tax on livestock
Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)
"We will be the first country in the world that introduces a CO2 tax on agriculture," Climate Minister Lars Aagaard said at a press conference. The tax is part ...
Planet expands partnership with Abelio for enhanced digital farming solutions
Nov 18, 2024 (SPX)
Abelio leverages complex algorithms and artificial intelligence to generate precise, actionable insights for farmers using Planet's satellite data. The integrat...
Nigeria borrows $134 mn to boost farms as famine looms
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
According to a statement, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari said the money would support an ongoing plan to boost staples like wheat, ric...
White truffles, Italy's gold, menaced by climate change
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
But the culinary treasure is becoming increasingly rare, undermined by climate change. "Go find it! Where is it?" Carlo Marenda, a part-time truffle hunter, cal...
Scientists harvest nutrient-rich rice grown in space
Nov 11, 2024 (SPX)
This space-to-ground experiment began with six rice seeds sent into orbit in 2022 on the Wentian spacecraft. Taikonauts onboard Tiangong bred these seeds into 5...
Economic woes sour prospects for China's dairy farmers
Nov 10, 2024 (AFP)
Milk is not a traditional mainstay of Chinese diets, but the government has long pushed people to drink more, citing its health benefits. The country has expand...
Cracked earth in Greece's saffron heartland as drought takes toll
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
But beneath the beautiful flowers, which can fetch five to nine euros ($5.45-9.8) for a single gramme, the earth is cracked and parched after uncommonly long pe...
More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: report
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
The "Cadre Harmonise" report -- compiled by Nigerian officials, UN agencies and major aid NGOs -- reports twice a year on the nutrition situation in 26 crisis-h...
NASA, Bhutan Conclude Five Years of Teamwork on STEM, Sustainability
Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)
Known for its governing philosophy of "gross national happiness," [Bhutan] has a constitutional mandate to maintain at least 60% forest cover. The government's ...
France says still room for negotiation over China's brandy tariffs
Nov 04, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing in October announced provisional tariffs on European Union brandy imports, part of an escalating trade row between Beijing and Brussels. Most Chinese im...
Making agriculture more resilient to climate change
Nov 02, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers across MIT are taking on these agricultural challenges from a variety of angles, from engineering plants that sound an alarm when they're under stre...
Czech Republic curbs animal movement over bluetongue spread
Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)
Bluetongue, a non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease that affects ruminants such as cows and sheep, has been spreading across Europe for a year. The disease...
Lebanon's wine region wrestles with war
Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)
His vineyards in Lebanon's wine heartland, where Hezbollah holds sway, have become a death trap since Israel last month shifted its focus from Gaza to its north...
Surf and Turf: Oregon State researchers to study feeding seaweed to cattle
Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)
Recent research has found that feeding seaweed can reduce methane emissions from cattle, most of which originates from enteric fermentation that is characterist...
End of golden era for Chinese investors in Bordeaux wine
Oct 26, 2024 (AFP)
Capital controls back home, softening Asian demand for wine and the underestimated costs of running French estates have combined to push the once-enthusiastic b...
Picky protection rules hamper Swiss mushrooming craze
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
The pandemic times "made people return to the forest", said Jean-Michel Froidevaux, chairman of the Swiss Association of Official Mushroom Control Bodies, which...
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