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How a regenerative farmer benefited from ditching cattle as main livestock
After facing severe injury and weather losses, Oklahoma producer Brett Peshek shifted from conventional livestock to ecosystem-based farming, building a thriving cover crop seed enterprise.
India rice output faces biggest drop in two decades, stocks cushion exports
India’s rice output faces its largest drop in nearly 20 years due to drought, but record state reserves will allow the top exporter to maintain steady shipments.
FAO emergency food production support helps vulnerable Haitian families produce food and meet urgent needs
FAO and RHPF LAC launch emergency agricultural support in Haiti, delivering seeds and livestock to empower 326,000 crisis-affected people toward self-sufficiency.
Greenhouse gas benefits of agricultural irrigation far outweigh emissions costs, study finds
Agricultural irrigation allows the United States to grow more food on less land. If irrigation were suddenly shut off, the land-use change required to make up for lost yields would produce significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than irrigation emits
MDARD Encourages Animal Owners to Continue Taking Steps to Prevent HPAI as Wild Birds Migrate
HPAI is a highly contagious virus that can spread in various ways from animal to animal, including through wild birds, contact with infected animals, by equipment, and on the clothing and shoes of caretakers.
How do you keep soil healthy during a drought?
Prepping the ground for drought resilience was the single most important thing to do. used a lot of compost and did minimal cultivation where the residual crop . And building soil organic matter and carbon all the time.
IEEE Spotlights AI and Automation in Agriculture Through New Arkansas-Japan SmartAg Summit
IEEE-USA and the IEEE Japan Office unite leaders around shared agricultural strengths to advance smart farming, research partnerships, and global food security.The Innovation,and IWRC Smart Agriculture Technology Summit will take place on 13 October 2026.
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers in Wisconsin Impacted by Drought
Agricultural operations in Wisconsin have been significantly impacted by recent drought. The USDA has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover from this adverse weather event.
FAO Members celebrate 10th anniversary of landmark fisheries treaty
FAO convenes COFI37 in Rome to tackle global governance, aquaculture expansion, and climate resilience while marking 10 years of the PSMA against illegal fishing.
Heatwaves and drought lead to early grape harvest
While farmers across the south of England count the cost of the hot, dry summer, some growers they have benefited from the heatwave,their earliest harvest on record, with the intense summer sun producing grapes that are much higher in sugar.