Pointing to a wriggling earthworm, a sign of good soil health, Gail Fuller explained that conventional, tilled fields would be too cold for earthworms to be that close to the surface.
In Agbiz, membership covers almost all key agricultural subsectors.
Altria Group Inc., the U.S. maker of Marlboro cigarettes, made a $1.8 billion investment in Cronos Group Inc. on Friday amid pressure to find new growth avenues as U.S. smoking rates decline.
Scientists have now quantified the global decline of big freshwater animals: From 1970 to 2012, global populations of freshwater megafauna declined by 88% - twice the loss of vertebrate populations on land or in the ocean. Large fish species are particularly affected.
Global avocado market report from IndexBox highlights growth in production and exports
The average American eats nearly 60 pounds of beef (27 kg) a year — roughly equal to a couple of hundred burgers.
The global grape market revenue amounted to $136.6B in 2018, going up by 3.7% against the previous year.
Foreign investors acquired at least 1.6 million acres of U.S. agricultural land in 2016, the largest increase in more than a decade, according to a review by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting of the latest available federal data.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has also joined the party in forecasting a potentially big maize harvest for South Africa in 2019/20 season.
American consumers are increasingly interested in organic food. So it should be no surprise that organic commodity farmers will harvest a record 3.1 million acres of U.S. land certified for organic field crop production this year, 7% more than a year ago, according to a new report.
The demand for pomegranates is increasing worldwide, as the fruit has earned the reputation of being a "superfood". Given the high prices, there is great interest in growing pomegranates and there is also competition on the market.
A new Archer Daniels Midland Co. mill in the Chicago area leaves the company ideally situated to serve one of the largest flour markets in the United States, said Kevin Like, president of ADM Milling, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
A journalist walks into Honest Burgers, a small chain of restaurants in Britain. Mindful of the carbon emissions that come from raising cows, he orders a plant-based burger.
Some of my most enduring childhood memories are of my grandfather Felix working at our family-owned farming business in southern Alberta back in the early 1980s.
The rise of the global cannabis industry has seen a number of nations loosen cannabis laws to increase revenue earned through taxation.
There is currently an abundance of peppers on the global market.
South Dakota cattle producer Todd Wilkinson told a U.S. Senate subcommittee that contrary to the claims of some environmental and anti-animal-agriculture activists, "American beef production and consumption is a climate change solution."
he olive oil industry wants more government oversight. On Monday, the American Olive Oil Producers Association (AOOPA) formally requested the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set and enforce quality standards for different kinds of olive oil.
But keep your clothes on....’food in the nude’ means beginning of the end for plastic in supermarkets.Sales of some vegetables have soared by up to 300 per cent following moves by a number of New Zealand supermarkets to ditch plastic packaging.
While the plant-based food is becoming more prevalent among consumers of all ages, the meat category is also experiencing an increase in popularity, particularly in the US and Europe in recent years.
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