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Chile's drought killing thousands of farm animals
Oct 05, 2019 (AFP)
"Going out and seeing the animals dead on the ground is so horrible," Hurtado says as he gazes across the dusty paddocks of his farm in Petorca, near the coasta...
Climate change pushes Italy beekeepers to the brink
Oct 04, 2019 (AFP)
Italian winters have in general become milder and shorter, and this year -- just as in 2017 -- a warm spring arrived early, only to be followed by hailstorms an...
Tree, fruit growers beware: Spotted lanternfly has its pick of invadable territory
Oct 03, 2019 (UPI)
The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, has been reported to attack grapes, apples, cherries, and several other fruit and timber tree species. In its native...
Pig farmers pessimistic as China tries to talk down swine fever
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
"The pig farm was completely destroyed," he says quietly, fanning himself from the heat and flies on his large Hebei province farm outside Beijing. "It's a pain...
Rising ozone levels could curb corn crop yields
Oct 01, 2019 (UPI)
Most studies into the effects of atmospheric changes on corn yields have focused on carbon dioxide and methane, but a new study suggests ozone, a byproduct of f...
Pineapple genome offers insights into plant domestication process
Sep 30, 2019 (UPI)
Pineapple varieties are grown for a variety of purposes: for fiber, as an ornamental and, most famously, as a delicious fruit. Scientists at the Carl R. Woese I...
Burning issue: Indonesia fires put palm oil under scrutiny
Sep 29, 2019 (AFP)
The monster blazes sent a pall of acrid smoke over the region for weeks, closing schools and airports and causing a spike in respiratory ailments. Mostly lit to...
China buys 'considerable' amount of US pork, soybeans
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
The US and China have been locked in a bruising trade war for more than a year, with the world's two biggest economies slapping tariffs on hundreds of billions ...
Climate change could trigger droughts in wheat-growing regions
Sep 26, 2019 (UPI)
Wheat crops account for 20 percent of the calories consumed by humans. According to the latest research, as much 60 percent of those crops could be harmed by cl...
Seoul confirms 4th swine fever case, asks Pyongyang for cooperation
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
The latest case was confirmed at a farm in Paju, a city near the inter-Korean border where the nation's first case was recorded, according to Seoul's agricultur...
Scientists to help grains besides rice survive flooding
Sep 20, 2019 (UPI)
New research, published this week in the journal Science, suggests long dormant genes can be turned on to help crops survive extreme weather. Rice was domestica...
Farmers, chefs fight to save classic ingredients in Mexican cuisine
Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)
The pristine panorama notwithstanding, Diaz and other producers in Puebla say climate change is stalking this mountainous region in central Mexico and threateni...
Chinese agriculture officials cancel US farm visits
Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)
But a spokesman for the US Trade Representative's Office told AFP the mid-level trade talks with Chinese officials underway in Washington were continuing as pla...
China taps pork reserve as swine fever hits industry
Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing has been struggling to control the disease, which has ripped through its massive pig-farming industry, leading to the culling of more than a million of ...
Meaty issue: Mock pork edges onto Southeast Asian plates
Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)
"It has the texture, the flavour (of pork). The rest is about technique," he said in the bustling kitchen at the Bangkok You & Mee restaurant. But he concedes s...
Ox-drawn plows to blame for increased inequality in Eurasia beginning in 4,000 BC
Sep 18, 2019 (UPI)
"Ox-drawn plows were the robots of the late Neolithic," Samuel Bowles, an economist at the Santa Fe Institute, said in a news release. Scientists likened the ef...
Carp have been farmed in China for 8,000 years, researchers say
Sep 16, 2019 (UPI)
Scientists published their findings this week in the journal Ecology and Evolution. There is historical evidence of carp farming. The Shijing, the oldest existi...
Poor countries will need to increase carbon footprint to address hunger: study
Sep 16, 2019 (AFP)
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a model looking at how changes to dietary patterns across 140 countries would impact greenhouse gas emissions ...
China to exempt US pork and soybeans from added tariffs: state media
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement is the latest in a series of appeasement measures between the world's two biggest economies, who for the past year have been locked in a bitter...
China says 'making enquiries' on buying US farm products
Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement is the latest in a flurry of goodwill gestures from both sides in a year-long trade-war that has weighed on the global economy. It comes a day ...
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