Increased temperatures in colder months as a result of climate change have one surprising upside – increased rapeseed crop yield, according to a study published Thursday.
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Honeybees, indispensable powerhouses of American agriculture, often suffer high casualties in cold winters – a harsh fate that could be mitigated, according to research released Monday.
Read moreA federal judge has dismissed opposing motions for summary judgment in a lawsuit against Napa County by vineyard owners who say the county’s law prohibiting helicopter takeoffs and landings on their property hurts their ability to spray their crops. The lawsuit will move to trial.
Read moreA pistachio farm and a ranch sued a Southern California water district, a mining company and a dairy in Kern County Court, in a fight over the area’s depleted groundwater.
Read moreLabor Secretary Eugene Scalia sued California-based blueberry companies, Munger Bros. LLC, Crowne Cold Storage LLC, et al. in federal court, claiming they hired H-2A visa workers instead of U.S. citizens.
Read moreThe gap between personal incomes in rural farming communities and communities with recreation-based economies is widening in rural America, a new federal report released Wednesday says.
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 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.
Read moreIn a blow to environmental activists, a German court on Thursday shot down a lawsuit brought by three farming families accusing the government of not doing enough to halt climate change and protect their farms.
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House lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Wednesday that offers a pathway to citizenship for undocumented agricultural workers and lays out funding for farmworker housing and aid programs.
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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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The Trump administration on Tuesday weakened federal regulations aimed at protecting a variety of fish species that have seen their numbers dwindle as California continues to move millions of gallons of water from its water-rich north to the thirsty farms of the Central Valley.
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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.
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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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Backing up traffic for the second time in as many weeks, Dutch farmers driving tractors staged a nationwide protest Wednesday over the government’s attempt to lower emissions by limiting the number of farm animals.
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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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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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