Agriculture

Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting citrus trees

WASHINGTON — Dog detectives might be able to help save ailing citrus groves, research published Monday suggests.
20:39 3 February 2022

Super Bowl Ads: Buy a beer for ... a tiny organic farm?

Here's the latest on what's happening with ads during the Super Bowl. All times EST.
2:44 3 February 2022

In fight to survive, US dairy farmers look for any tech edge

PICKETT, Wis. — At Rosendale Dairy, each of the 9,000 cows has a microchip implanted in an ear that workers can scan with smartphones for up-to-the-mi...
18:23 2 February 2022

High anxiety: Proposed US hemp rules worry industry

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop no...
6:06 13 January 2022

Retiring Farmers Union president: Family farms still viable

BISMARCK, N.D. — As Roger Johnson prepares to step down after 11 years leading the National Farmers Union group, he’s well aware of the many challenge...
15:30 15 December 2021

African swine fever kills more than 20 wild boar in Poland

WARSAW, Poland — An outbreak of African swine fever in Poland near the German border has killed 21 wild boar, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.
16:50 4 December 2021

Senate Democrats assail Trump’s $16B bailout for farmers

MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump's $16 billion bailout package for farmers hurt by the trade war with China unfairly benefits the South at the exp...
19:26 12 November 2021

US finalizing rule to allow farmers to legally grow hemp

DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. agriculture officials said Tuesday a rule that allows farmers to legally grow hemp will be finalized this week, a move that ma...
20:30 29 October 2021