The growing threat of desertification and its effects on European land, especially in the Mediterranean regions, are being poorly monitored and prepared for by the European Commission, according a new audit by an EU watchdog agency.
Read moreFiring off the first challenge to contentious state-mandated water reductions for farmers and cities, a rural California water district sued the state Friday to freeze the week-old order meant to boost salmon populations in state rivers.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit on Friday rejected a challenge by small farmers to the Trump administration’s decision to rescind regulations meant to protect them from unfair business practices in the livestock and poultry industries.
Read moreRepublican lawmakers in Georgia are gunning to pass legislation legalizing the distribution of cannabis oil and allowing farmers to grow hemp and medical marijuana, arguing it will be good for industry and people suffering from illness.
Read moreThe Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing away with the Obama-era Clean Water Rule opposed by farmers.
Read moreA provision reclassifying industrial hemp from a federally-controlled substance to an agricultural commodity was successfully wedged into the 2018 Farm Bill Thursday, marking a significant step toward making the cannabis-based byproduct fully mainstream.
Read morePressed for time and pushed to move quickly on a border wall and criminal justice reform, the Senate’s top leader has his own priority in Congress’ lame-duck session: passing a farm bill that includes a full pardon for hemp, the non-intoxicating cousin of marijuana that’s making a comeback in his home state.
Read moreAmerican farmers still working to get out their remaining soybeans after a weather-plagued harvest season are struggling to figure out what to do with a record crop now their traditionally dominant export market is largely closed.
Read moreU.S. health officials are telling people to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 32 people in 11 states.
Read moreCows that can withstand hotter temperatures. Cows born without pesky horns. Pigs that never reach puberty. A company wants to alter farm animals by adding and subtracting genetic traits in a lab. It sounds like science fiction, but Recombinetics sees opportunity for its technology in the livestock industry.
Read moreImmigrant advocates charged the U.S. government in court Wednesday with illegal surveillance and harassment done in retaliation for their work organizing farmworkers.
Read moreThree farmers who pleaded guilty Friday in a large-scale organic grain fraud scheme were lured into participation by a Missouri businessman who was its mastermind, a defense lawyer said.
Read moreFrench authorities have released a female bear from Slovenia in the Pyrenees in an effort to preserve the population of brown bears, despite protests from farmers worried about their sheep.
Read moreSmall farmers still waiting on a years-old legislative promise lobbied the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday to dissolve a roadblock put in place by the Trump administration.
Read moreSwiss voters on Sunday roundly rejected two proposals aimed at protecting Swiss farmers and ensuring that food from both domestic and foreign producers is healthier, more environmentally sound and animal-friendly.
Read moreThe SEC brought a federal complaint Wednesday accusing Michael E. Cone, 36, formerly of McKinney, Texas, a felon, of defrauding investors of at least $3.3 million in a bogus marijuana-farming business, Greenview Investment Partners.
Read moreA new study from University of California, Berkeley, suggests that improving soil quality through better farming practices could slow global warming.
Read moreIrrigation techniques promoted to farmers around the world as water-saving are actually increasing water usage, according to a new study.
Read moreIn the latest chapter of California’s ceaseless war to manage shrinking water sources, regulators are considering drastic changes that would reduce the amount of snowmelt available to San Francisco and farmers during dry years.
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