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The world's largest rice-producing countries are having difficulties planting their normal crop this year due to soaring fertilizer prices, which the International Rice Research Institute [...]

'We're so dry right now' farmer says

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, rural agribusinesses cluster together to flourish By IFAD 13 April 2022 ©IFAD/Paolo Marchetti Vibrant rural economies emerge when farms and small businesses work...

Soaring fertilizer prices all over the world are affecting rice farmers across Asia, threatening to shrink global rice production by as much as 10 percent. Nine out of the 10 top rice-producing [...]

Google collaborates with nurture.farm to develop cheap methods to measure soil health

I don’t think that people realize how severe this crisis will eventually become.  Never before in modern history have we seen global food production being hit by so many major problems all at [...]

War whether in africa or the middle east or really all around the world. is there anything that can be done to offset the loss of these crops? >> well, first of all whats amazing is that ukrainian farmers are out there actually trying to plant for the next season and trying to harvest, and theyre doing so in some cases in flack-jackets with the miners by their side. were making sure we support those farmers and make sure they have the inputs and seeds to plant to look ahead. youre absolutely rig...

And women, including world number two daniil medvedev. and ukrainian farmers say the war is making it hard to plant or sell crops. theyre constantly on alert for the barrage of russian rockets, bombs, and gunfire coming at them. ed lavandera brings us their story. >> reporter: sergei runs a one-man dairy operation. he has six cows on a little farm just 15 miles from the front lines of the battlefield in southern ukraine. but neither russian soldiers or falling rockets have stopped the 49-year-...

A greenhouse made of solar panels could point the way forward for the whole agricultural industry. Yet the farming pioneers who came up with the idea didn't find much favor with the local authorities — at first.

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Growth in Philadelphia-area manufacturing activity slowed more than expected in the month of April, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia