Bison migration in Yellowstone National Park can significantly alter the timetable and conditions for springtime vegetation growth, according to a study released Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Despite a steady increase in coffee consumption around the world, trade prices have fallen dramatically in the past three years, hitting producers.
Read moreIn a vast valley at the foot of the Andes, Antonio Sazo counts his goats, having ushered them down mountain slopes in the south of the Argentine province of Mendoza, where climate change forces them higher every year in order to graze.
Read moreA wildfire burning across ridgetops in Southern California ballooned to over 8,000 acres Thursday night – though the winds that pushed the blaze showed signs of relenting Friday morning.
Read moreEverglades Harvesting and Hauling et al. sued Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia in federal court, claiming he illegally reversed a policy on whether transportation of agricultural products to storage or processing constitutes agricultural labor for eligibility for the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program.
Read moreThe USDA on Thursday issued its interim final rule on hemp production in America, clearing the way for farmers to cultivate what could be a highly lucrative — or highly speculative — new crop.
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From a cab perched over the front of his bright green John Deere combine, Dennis Friest watches as rows of dried cornstalks are pulled into the big harvester trundling through a field that stretches to the horizon. Yellow corn kernels pour into a hopper behind the cab, and chopped up cornstalks, leaves and shelled cobs are kicked out onto the ground where they will be plowed into the soil next spring.
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An all-out shift to organic farming in England and Wales could lead to a net increase in Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions as a drop in yields would lead to higher food imports, scientists estimated Tuesday.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 6,000 pounds of frozen sausage patties manufactured in Tennessee have been recalled over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella.
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California’s Central Valley yields billions of dollars’ worth of fruits and vegetables each year, but its aquifers are overused and polluted. With brown, silty streams pouring from their kitchen sinks, thousands of farmworkers and residents have become habitual buyers and users of bottled water.
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Several thousand olive farmers have marched through Spain’s capital to protest plunging prices and to demand protection from tariffs the United States plans to levy on the European Union on agriculture products.
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In a vast expanse of the South stretching from Texas to Maryland, there are growing concerns for the cattle, cotton and corn amid a worsening drought fueled by record high temperatures this summer.
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Resistance to antibiotics has become an increasingly worrisome problem in both medicine and agriculture, where livestock and plants have lost the ability to resist diseases that strive to stay one step ahead. But scientists have discovered a “plant probiotic” in the soil of a remote Mexican jungle that helps plants grow more efficiently and defend against harmful bacteria.
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Food workers unions sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court Monday, challenging a Trump administration rule change that would speed up pork production by shifting food quality and safety responsibilities from regulators to workers in pork processing plants.
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According to new geographical findings announced Monday, the ancient Maya had a much larger environmental impact on the tropical ecosystem they inhabited than previously understood, countering environmental pressures by creating large agricultural fields in the surrounding wetlands.
Read moreAn agricultural trade group filed a federal lawsuit against the state of California on Friday to stop a voter-approved statute that requires more space to farm animals that are raised for consumption, claiming the rules are unconstitutional.
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Following months of complaints from the Midwest, the Trump administration announced fuel-blend requirements Friday that will boost ethanol demand, turning the page on oil-refinery exemptions that crippled some corn farmers.
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Officials in California’s Napa County have been ordered by a state appeals court to re-examine the environmental impact of a proposed vineyard in the Howell Mountains east of Napa Valley.
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Tractor-driving farmers descended on the Dutch capital Tuesday morning, creating the worst traffic congestion in the county’s history to protest calls to reduce emissions by drastically cutting the number of farm animals.
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