SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just getting dark when Ross Woodruff climbed into a truck to transport soybean seeds to his brother Mark, whose planter was empty. It was the first day they were able to plant, after heavy rains two weeks earlier left much of their 20,000 acres too muddy to get equipment … Read more
SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just getting dark when Ross Woodruff climbed into a truck to transport soybean seeds to his brother Mark, whose planter was empty. It was the first day they were able to plant, after heavy rains two weeks earlier left much of their 20,000 acres too muddy to get equipment … Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From centuries-old fertilization methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers on the agriculturally dependent African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst impacts of a warming planet yet contributes the least to the … Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From centuries-old fertilization methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers on the agriculturally dependent African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst impacts of a warming planet yet contributes the least to the … Read more
GUNTUR, India (AP) — There is a pungent odor on Ratna Raju’s farm that he says protects his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that is becoming more common due to human-induced climate change. The smell comes from a mixture of cow urine, an unrefined sugar known as jaggery, and other organic materials that … Read more
It’s no secret that farmers and the agricultural sector are currently facing a host of overlapping environmental crises. Temperature changes, increasingly extreme weather events and increasing natural disasters threaten crop yields, soil health, the length of growing seasons and overall productivity. These changes necessarily have profound economic consequences for individual farmers and the industry as … Read more
Katrina Cornish spends her days growing dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for tracheal tubes. And she thinks these products could change the agricultural landscape in the United States forever. Cornish, a professor at Ohio State … Read more
The $7 billion (€6.4 billion) pledged at the recent COP28 climate talks to transform global food systems was a clear indication that governments and philanthropists recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and its implications for food security. The financing will go some way to achieving the goals of the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, … Read more
Anders Svenson, business manager of Mission Ridge Winter Park near Fort Qu’Appelle, says the cold temperatures mean the ski hill can finally make enough snow for customers to enjoy. (CBC News – image credit) Those in both agriculture and recreation in Saskatchewan have been wishing for snow in recent months. Now that snow has finally … Read more
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Alessandra Prentice KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Without pausing to wipe the sweat from their brows, workers in northern Ivory Coast picked cotton by the handful – a crop saved by the use of extra insecticides after a new plague caused record damage in western and Central Africa final season. The … Read more