Deep Freeze Will Send Some US Temperatures Plunging January 2, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Waves of intense cold will send temperatures plunging as much as 20F (11C) below normal across the central and eastern...
Farmers are Still Reeling Months After Hurricane Helene Ravaged Crops Across the South December 26, 2024 By Russ Bynum Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made...
One Company Wants Autonomous Helicopters to Spray Crops and Fight Fires November 21, 2024 By Michael Casey When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying...
Bad Weather Sinks Philippine Farm Output to Worst Since 2020 November 6, 2024 By Andreo Calonzo The Philippines’ farm output dropped the most in nearly four years last quarter due to bad weather, showing a potential...
Autonomous Tech Is Coming to Farming. What Will It Mean for Crops And Workers Who Harvest Them? October 30, 2024 By Ayurella Horn-Muller Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned...
Hurricane Devastates Southern Cotton Crops Just Before Harvest October 1, 2024 By Ilena Peng Cotton growers are facing devastating losses and delays from Hurricane Helene just as harvest was beginning, marking the latest blow...
Pilgrim’s Pride Agrees to $100M Settlement Over Chicken Farmers’ Pay August 20, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Pilgrim’s Pride, one of the largest U.S. poultry processors, agreed to pay $100 million to settle claims it conspired with...
Claim on Seized Hemp Shipment Barred, Showing Trickiness of Coverage August 2, 2024 By William Rabb International treaties preempt state-based legal actions, giving an air transport company an escape from claims on what a hemp producer...
Colorado Workers with Bird Flu Toiled in Heat, Without Effective Protective Gear July 17, 2024 By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen Colorado workers who contracted bird flu were working during extreme heat and under large fans, factors that made wearing protective...
Workers’ Comp Report on California’s Proposed Presumption for Agricultural Heat Injuries June 17, 2024 A bill that would give a presumption of compensability to farmworker heat-related injury claims if an employer is found to...