Browsing: agriculture
California farmers will destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes canning facilities
For many warm weather fruit lovers, the prospect of unlimited ripe and rosy peaches is mouth-watering. For Central California farmers,…
Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers toward costly…
Amid ‘global water bankruptcy,’ markets are not pricing in water and drought risk, analyst warns
The world is in deep water, but only metaphorically. Basins, aquifers, and other natural storage systems have been drained past…
The Iran war’s fertilizer shock is hammering American farmers and 70% can’t afford what they need
With the planting season ending in six weeks, skyrocketing fertilizer prices are forcing farmers into an impossible choice: cut back…
After growing up on a dairy farm this Peter Thiel–backed founder is using AI to save cattle ranching
Growing up on a dairy farm in the rolling green hills of New Zealand’s Waikato region in the upper northwest…
How the Iran war is sending fertilizer prices soaring—and threatening 48 million U.S. jobs
The war in Iran could hit a heavy blow to one of the country’s largest industries, one that supports millions…
More financially distressed farmers will lose their property as loan repayments and incomes falter
Financial conditions in the agriculture economy are flashing more signs of strain as farmers’ costs remain high while prices for…
Farmers remain unsettled on trade, even after China’s biggest U.S. soybean purchase in 2 years
China just placed its largest order of U.S. soybeans in two years, offering a sign of improving trade conditions after…
AI’s power, water consumption worried agriculture sector: ‘Don’t forget that it is also required for us to grow food’
Nations around the world are rapidly building out the infrastructure needed to take part in the AI boom–including massive, multibillion…
China has only bought 332,000 tons of U.S. soybeans since Trump made a deal with Xi Jinping that promised 12 million by year’s end
New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of…












