Summer Is Already Off to a Wild Start July 2, 2021 By Brian K Sullivan Extreme temperatures in China coupled with a lack of hydro-power forced blackouts in some of its largest industrial cities last...
Wild Weather Plagues North America Grain Crops as Demand Surges June 30, 2021 By Michael Hirtzer, Marcy Nicholson and Kim Chipman The world is counting on farmers in North America for big harvests of everything from corn to canola this year....
Western Drought Brings Another Woe: Voracious Grasshoppers June 25, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers...
Dead ‘Murder Hornet’ Near Seattle is 1st Found in US in 2021 June 18, 2021 By Nicholas K. Geranios SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet...
Cannabis Boom Creates Fears of Increasing Illicit Trade May 27, 2021 By Erik Neumann GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — On a sunny spring day in Southern Oregon’s Illinois Valley, Mason Walker is showing off...
US Farmers Finally See Better Outlook After 2 Odd Years April 28, 2021 By Scott McFetridge MADRID, Iowa (AP) — In 43 years of farming, Morey Hill had seen crop-destroying weather, rock-bottom prices, trade fights and...
Facing Severe Drought, North Dakotans Turn to Higher Sources April 27, 2021 By Travis Svihovec and Blake Nicholson BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Leaders of a Bismarck church last Sunday morning took the first steps in organizing a communitywide...
Epic Drought Means Water Crisis on Oregon-California Border April 16, 2021 By Gillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned...
Growth in Grain Storage Prompts Safety Reminder to Farmers April 12, 2021 By Will Vraspir HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — On-farm grain storage is on the rise with additional bins being built on farms and on...
Danish Government Gets Backing for Plan to Cull Minks November 18, 2020 By Jan M. Olsen COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish government said Tuesday that a majority in parliament backed its decision to cull the country’s...