Global Food Costs Surge to Decade High as Drought Parches Crops June 4, 2021 By Megan Durisin Global food prices have extended their rally to the highest in almost a decade, heightening concerns over bulging grocery bills...
New Mexico Acequias Prepare for Brutal Year Amid Drought April 19, 2021 By Kyle Land TALPA, N.M. (AP) — It was a scenic day in Talpa, a small village in Taos County, and that concerned...
Crews Vacuum ‘Murder Hornets’ Out of Washington Nest October 26, 2020 BLAINE, Wash. — Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets...
Floods, Drought Are Destroying Crops and Sparking Food Inflation October 23, 2020 By Fabiana Batista, Agnieszka de Sousa and Mai Ngoc Chau Wild weather is wreaking havoc on crops around the world, sending their prices skyrocketing. On wheat farms in the U.S....
France Clamps Down on Use of Weedkiller Glyphosate in Farming October 9, 2020 PARIS — France’s health and environment agency announced restrictions on weedkiller glyphosate in farming, but stopped short of a full...
Search Underway for Murder Hornets Nest in Washington State October 5, 2020 By Nicholas K. Geranios SPOKANE, Wash. — Agricultural officials in Washington state said Friday they are trying to find and destroy a nest of...
Drought and Rain Are Reshaping Global Grain Trade Routes August 19, 2020 By Megan Durisin and Ainslie Chandler The global wheat trade is being shaken up again after extreme weather hurt crops in the European Union while harvests...
Hundreds of Barges Stalled as Floods Hinder Midwest Supplies June 10, 2019 Hundreds of barges are stalled on the Mississippi River, clogging the main circulatory system for a farm-belt economy battered by...
Weather Chaos Expected to Leave Record U.S. Corn Acres Unplanted May 30, 2019 For months, traders debated which crops U.S. farmers would sow this year. That discussion is now turning to how many...
U.S. Disaster Aid Won’t Cover Crops Drowned by Midwest Floods April 2, 2019 By Tom Polansek MALVERN, Iowa — The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator...