The New York Times

Crop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data

Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said. By Kevin Draper Reporting from Kansas City, Mo. The ...
Forbes

70% Of Farmers Can’t Afford To Grow All Of Their Crops

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A tractor sprays manure from a dairy farm onto a field planted with squash in Mount Vernon, ...
AG Week

Potato planting gets off to a later than optimal but average start

Potato planting was under way in northeastern North Dakota late in the third full week of April as summer-like temperatures dried and warmed soil temperatures. Hoverson Farms began planting on April ...
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Toledo Homesteaders Network: Increasing self sufficiency by learning how to start seeds

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo Homesteaders Network is all about sharing knowledge, supporting one another, and becoming more self sufficient. Homesteading is about self-sufficiency - growing ones own ...

Crop Yield: How It's Defined, Calculated, and Impacts Agriculture

Learn about how crop yield is defined and measured, its significance, how technology enhances yield efficiency, and get ...

Rice feeds billions of people – but its role in fueling climate change is growing

Rice feeds more than half the world. From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, it ...
Agweek

What farmers can do when a 'version of the Dust Bowl' hits

Topsoil is a precious commodity, with much being lost last week due to high winds. But, there are management practices that ...

Global Rice Production Set to Fall for First Time in Decade

Global rice production is set to decline for the first time in a decade, tightening supplies of one of the world’s major food ...
Reuters

First Tesla Semi rolls off high volume production line

April 29 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday its first Semi truck has begun rolling off a high-volume production line as the ‌electric vehicle maker remains on track to launch ...
Nature

Carbon Footprint Reduction in Crop Production

The global drive to limit climate change has placed crop production under scrutiny for its greenhouse gas emissions. Major sources include the manufacture and application of synthetic fertilisers, ...
Vanity Fair

Battle of the Billionaires: What’s at Stake as Elon Musk and Sam Altman Face Off in Court

When Elon Musk finally faces off in court against Sam Altman this week, he’ll be forced to reckon with a question whose answer has seemingly eluded him his entire life: What exactly does he want? Sure ...

Millions of farmers in Africa’s Great Lakes region face rising temperatures. Study predicts how crop disease and pests could spread

Figuring out how climate change will cause plant disease and pests to spread across Africa’s Great Lakes farms is critical ...