Agriculture News

Global warming will have a severe impact on Arab states where water is already scarce, a regional report warned Thursday ahead of next month's Copenhagen environment summit.

They arrive at the meeting by U.S. military helicopter, politely accept a cup of tea and haggle over a U.S.-funded water project gone awry.

PGG Wrightson managing director Tim Miles. Photo / Martin Sykes. PGG Wrightson, the rural services company aiming to shed debt to woo a new cornerstone investor, plans to raise $180.a million in a rights issue at a deep discount.

Maize, or corn, as it is commonly called by North American consumers, is one of the world's most important plants and the most valuable agricultural crop grown in the United States, representing $47 billion in annual value.

Deputy undersecretary Janey Thornton is scheduled to attend a ceremony at the school Thursday.

Poor weather affects harvest; likely to be less pumpkin available this holiday Nestle Baking today announced that it expects a shortage of LIBBY'S Pumpkin on store shelves as the country enters the holiday season.

State agriculture officials have expanded and established quarantines in northern San Diego County to counter two insect infestations.

Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers.

WOMEN are more vulnerable to climate change than men and will continue to bear the brunt of extreme weather conditions unless more is done to educate and empower them, a report has found.

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said that India has quite adequate stocks of food grains though some imports may be needed at a later stage, due to projected shortfall in Kharif crop.

Corn and soybean crops that are forecast to be the largest in Kansas history are coming in, and elevators are bursting with fall grains.

A Fairbury company says it has already recovered the 90 pounds of ground beef listed in a federal recall report because of possible E. coli contamination.

The head of a U.N. food agency expressed regret Wednesday that an anti-hunger summit failed to result in precise promises of funding, and critics said the meeting had only thrown crumbs to the world's 1 billion people without enough to eat.

Researchers recently found an insect in north Georgia that has never before been reported in the Western Hemisphere - and its arrival could be both a blessing and a curse.

More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of $26 billion from the previous year.

Federal agriculture authorities have declared disaster areas in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee due to crop losses from a combination of severe spring and fall flooding and summer drought.

Two meetings in December will help farmers decide which crop programs to enroll in next year.

People who think they've developed the world's best hot sauce or terrific pies that restaurants will want to put on their menus can get some coaching on how to build a business.

Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.

Late season rains and cool temperatures caused green chile crops to ripen early this year, leading to a flood of red chile on the market.