AI can help farmers be more effective and sustainable, but its use varies from state to state. A project in Georgia aims to bring the technology to the state’s cotton farmers.
A recent study of nearly 200 European wheat farms found 73 different pesticides – including in organic fields.
This well was contaminated with high levels of PFAS from firefighting foam used at a small airport nearby.
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Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Small farms will have the hardest time meeting the rules, giving big producers an edge. One potential solution: agroforestry, growing coffee plants among the trees.
Even though you may mostly hear about fires in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, it’s Africa that has far and away the most acreage burned and people exposed to fire.
Farmworkers harvest celery on March 9, 2024, in Yuma, Ariz.
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Historically, farm work in the United States has been carefully constructed to appear natural, including the racism and labor exploitation that characterizes it, a scholar writes.
Tim Cowan, University of Southern Queensland and Thong Nguyen-Huy, University of Southern Queensland
When climate scientists look at the unfolding drought in southern Australia, they see three phases: flash drought, leading to green drought and then fodder drought.
Ghana and India are rekindling a decades old relationship
About 60% of Iowa’s power comes from wind. Farmers can earn extra cash by leasing small sections of farms for power production.
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Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rural counties also benefit in jobs, manufacturing and tax revenue that will be hard to replace as the US government slashes support for the industries.