Floods Strand Cows, Damage Crops as Wild Weather Hits Australia January 9, 2024 By Keira Wright and Amy Bainbridge Heavy rains and flooding across Australia’s southern state of Victoria has damaged crops and stranded cattle as a months-long run...
Storm Hitting Chinese Ports is a Wakeup Call for Climate Risk to Markets December 12, 2023 DUBAI —As Typhoon Doksuri aimed toward mainland China, major southeast ports were forced to turn away dozens of vessels for...
How Satellites Are Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate Crisis August 25, 2023 By Paul Tullis When to harvest is one of the most crucial decisions a winemaker can make. Too early, and the result is...
8 More Dead as India’s Assam State Reels Under Floods June 20, 2022 By Wasbir Hussain GAUHATI, India (AP) — Massive flooding and mudslides in northeastern India’s Assam state have claimed eight more lives, officials said...
EPA Reviews Bayer Herbicide Blamed For Widespread US Crop Damage December 23, 2021 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the weed killer dicamba can be sprayed safely on soybean and cotton...
Thousands of Acres of Crops Destroyed by Hail Storm July 20, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS — Agricultural experts have been tallying the crop damage caused by last weekend’s storm that packed 50 mph winds...
Rain Leaves Veggie Farmers Struggling with No Aid in Sight June 18, 2019 By Scott McFedtridge DES MOINES, Iowa — Like farmers throughout the Midwest, this spring’s torrential rains turned Andrew Dunham’s land into sticky muck...
Crop Markets Gripped by Bulls as Deluge Spurs Planting Chaos May 29, 2019 Corn futures in Chicago are heading for the biggest three-day advance in nearly seven years as heavy rains and flooding...
Unending Midwest Rains Add to Wettest 12 Months Ever in U.S. May 28, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The rain across the Midwest and Great Plains that’s closed refineries, flooded streets and snarled Mississippi River traffic shows no...
Jet Stream Detour Leaves Midwest Farmers Drenched, Canadians Dried Out May 23, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Ashley Robinson North American farmers are stuck between a flood and a dry spot, and there is little immediate help ahead. Two...