According to the national farming organisation, an abnormally warm and dry winter in Italy might have a significant impact on the nation’s agricultural and tourism industries. According to a research note published on Wednesday by Coldiretti, energy policymakers have welcomed the warm weather because they were worried that a long, cold winter could further tax

Groundwater depletion can have significant impacts on ecosystems. When the water table drops, it can affect the plants and animals that depend on it for survival. Some of the potential impacts of groundwater depletion on ecosystems include: Overall, it is important to manage the use of groundwater in a sustainable way to ensure that it

There are several ways in which farm animals can impact human health. One way is through the transmission of zoonotic diseases, which are diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans. For example, certain types of bacteria, viruses, and parasites that are commonly found in farm animals can cause diseases in humans if they

Perennial rice is a type of rice that is grown as a perennial plant, rather than an annual plant. This means that it can be harvested year after year, rather than being replanted each season. Perennial rice has the potential to be more sustainable and environmentally friendly than traditional annual rice, as it requires fewer

A major worldwide issue may be summed up in one word: water. Our demands for water conservation are complicated by the fact that there is either too much water from deadly floods or too little water from record-breaking droughts, which climate scientists warn will grow more regular and violent as temperatures continue to increase. Agriculture

As anticipated, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today published a new regulation clarifying the Clean Water Act’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS). As anticipated, the definition keeps the long-standing exclusions for farming, but it reduces the exception for previously converted cropland that was included in the Navigable Waters Protection Rule of the Trump administration.

Chad Henderson of XtremeAg’s Alabama wheat crop is off to a strong start, but Lee Lubbers is worried about emergence in South Dakota’s parched landscape.In Madison, Alabama, Chad Henderson works as a fifth generation farmer. Henderson Farms cultivates dryland and irrigated corn, dryland soybeans, wheat, and double-crop dryland and irrigated soybeans on more than 8,000

Over the previous 40 years, Kansas and five other Great Plains states’ wheat yields were reduced by 4% due to the combined effects of unfavourable dry, hot, and windy climate patterns, according to research from Kansas State University published in the scholarly journal Nature Communications. The study, according to agricultural climatology professor Xiaomao Lin, was

As the new year approaches, the state of Kansas remains in the grip of a severe drought. Governor Laura Kelly has issued a drought declaration covering all 105 counties of the state, based on a drought map that places 67 counties in an emergency status, 11 counties in warning status and the remaining 27 counties

The Biden administration recently unveiled a new water pollution rule that will protect Americans’ access to safe drinking water, while supporting agricultural and local economies. The rule seeks to restore the reach of the Clean Water Act to its intended scope, covering territorial seas, interstate waters, and upstream water resources that significantly affect those waters.

The Biden administration is studying potential resolutions to the growing dispute over GMO corn exports between the United States and Mexico. On Wednesday, officials from the Biden administration refused to offer any further details other than they were studying potential resolutions. However, Mexico’s agriculture minister Victor Villalobos said that an informal agreement had already been