Severe Storm Soaks Northern Philippines After Second Strike July 25, 2025 By Mary Hui and Neil Jerome Morales Severe Tropical Storm Co-may is drenching northern Philippines and threatening some rice and corn crops following a second landfall on...
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...
West Texas Ranchers Face Losses After Historic Wildfires March 21, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune There are burned spots on Jay O’Brien’s ranch outside Stinnett that predate the Smokehouse Creek fire. Over the last several...
Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs March 13, 2024 Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole...
Small Farmers Hit by Extreme Weather Could Get Assistance From Proposed Insurance Program January 29, 2024 By Lisa Rathke Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get...
Extreme Weather Can Hit Farmers Hard. Those With Smaller Farming Operations Often Pay the Price November 20, 2023 MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Justin Ralph estimates he`s made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with...
How Satellites Are Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate Crisis August 25, 2023 By Paul Tullis When to harvest is one of the most crucial decisions a winemaker can make. Too early, and the result is...
Two Farmers Indicted in Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraud November 18, 2022 By William Rabb Two Kentucky farmers and a relative have been indicted for falsifying crop damage and exaggerating the size of their fields...
US Crop Insurance Payouts Rise Sharply as Climate Change Worsens Droughts, Floods January 27, 2022 By Leah Douglas Insurance payments to U.S. farmers for crops lost to droughts and flooding have risen more than threefold over the past...