Australia set to harvest bigger crops after rains defy El Nino
By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia is poised to produce much more wheat and other crops this year than previously thought after rainfall confounded expectations that an El Nino weather pattern…
US Midwest drought expands, but forecast rains offer relief to crops
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) – The most intense drought to hit the U.S. Midwest farm belt since 2012 deepened over the past week, sapping soil moisture and threatening crop yield potential…
Dem Rep Says DeSantis’ Crackdown On Illegal Migrants Will Leave Crops ‘Rotting In The Fields’
Dem Rep Says DeSantis’ Crackdown On Illegal Migrants Will Leave Crops ‘Rotting In The Fields’ Harold Hutchison on May 17, 2023 Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida claimed on Wednesday that…
Pelosi says immigrants needed to pick crops in Florida, stop sending them north
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi this week said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis should stop sending illegal immigrants north on buses to sanctuary states because Florida needs them to pick their crops.…
As harvest time looms, China tells farmers to replant or switch crops
By Xiaoyu Yin and Thomas Peter NANCHANG, China (Reuters) – As China’s record heatwave starts to subside, farmers are assessing the damage caused by a prolonged drought and the government is urging…
Fertiliser ban decimates Sri Lankan crops as government popularity ebbs
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal AGBOPURA, Sri Lanka – W.M. Seneviratne sat watching a mechanised harvester slice through the jade green fields around him in eastern Sri Lanka’s Agbopura village one…
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