The negative effects of more than 170 years of monocropping with sugar cane in South Africa are starting to appear. KwaZulu-Natal sugar cane farmer Deon…
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A PLAN to build a storage building on a farm will be decided by councillors after neighbours objected to its size saying it would ruin…
EXPORTS AND A STRONG SOYBEAN CRUSH HELP DRIVE PRICES. DES MOINES, Iowa — At midsession Thursday, grain futures are in positive territory with soybeans leading.…
WHEAT FUTURES LOWER OVERNIGHT; ETHANOL PRODUCTION FALLS TO FRESH RECORD LOW. 1. WHEAT FUTURES LOWER OVERNIGHT ON FAVORABLE WEATHER Wheat futures were lower in…
Covid-related slaughterhouse shutdowns in the US are leading to fears of meat shortages and price rises, while farmers are being forced to consider “depopulating” their animals. More…
When Jackie Augustine opens a chicken coop door one brisk spring morning in upstate New York, the hens bolt out like windup toys. Still, as…
INDIANOLA, Iowa — The U.S. corn planting pace is slightly ahead of the five-year pace. On Monday, the USDA released its Crop Progress Report that…
Farmers tend to gradually wind down their work as they reach old age, but no one told Devonshire farmer Alec Burrough. Despite being classed as…
A study has tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming that occurred in prehistoric Europe over a period of around 1,500 years. An…
Missouri Farm Bureau Director Eric Bohl said the COVID-19 pandemic has left everyone in the industry in the same distressed predicament. “Prices have been plummeting…
Since Poland became a member of the EU in 2004, poultry production has increased exponentially, and today the country is the largest producer of poultry…