This instability can directly lead to price increases at the grocery store. US farmers struggle to face unprecedented threats ...

Italy's cherry crop has been devastated, with farmers reporting up to 100% losses after months of extreme weather. What's happening? As FreshPlaza reported, cherry production in southeastern ...

Areas affected by severe weather and tornados in the past couple of weeks will have seen some damage to the crop. Farmers ...

The crops South, and South-west, have probably not been so good; but, there is reason to believe, the United States have raised 160,000,000 bushels, which is 60 per cent. advance on 1850.

Some kinds of plants need a cold period in order to flower and produce fruit or seeds for the following growing season. ... Many of our common farm and garden crops go through vernalization.

After the row crops are harvested, he adds cover crops to every acre of his operation. Andy Linder is a custom cover crop applicator and no-till farmer in Easton, Minnesota. Ariana Schumacher /Agweek ...

A new technique for creating fruit and vegetables with the skin of one variety and the flesh of another could make crops more resistant to pests and droughts. A lot of the fruit and vegetables we ...

To demonstrate what kinds of gains are possible in food crops, Long points to the remarkable progress made in research on maize, nearly 80% of which is used in ethanol production and to feed ...

Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts projected for the United States, where production of key crops could plummet 50% by ...

Also read → Food security: How can we create resilient food systems for the future?. Half of world’s crops under threat. The threat of rising global temperatures is already being felt, with ...

A series of recently published data is shining a new light on patterns of deforestation in the Amazon, revealing where crops, cattle ranching and mining are encroaching on the rainforest. Several ...