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In northern Uganda, nutrition-sensitive farming helped one Adjumani household move from chronic food shortage to more stable meals, better diets, and stronger family resilience.

Record autumn rainfall has lifted pastures and improved crop prospects across South Australia, but excessive wet conditions are also delaying potato harvests and raising loss risks.

A Turkish agriculture journal says temperature and rainfall are decisive for olive cultivation and warns that heat, evaporation and water stress will alter yield, ripening and oil quality.

Michigan’s Great Lakes Incubator Farm is trying to lower the risk of entering agriculture as new farmers face expensive land, climate pressure and uncertain public support.

Apple growers in Nova Scotia say last summer’s drought is the main reason Honeycrisp fruit is coming to market smaller than usual, although they still see a path back to normal size if moisture conditions improve.

Australia is heading into the August pollination peak with an expected shortfall of nearly 300,000 commercial hives. Varroa losses, higher treatment costs and insecticide resistance are pushing beekeepers out and raising risks for fruit, nut and horticultural crops.

Queensland strawberry farms are trialling a flapping drone designed to mimic a peregrine falcon and drive rainbow lorikeets away from valuable fruit.

A rare late-April freeze has dealt a major blow to fruit growers in the US Northeast. New Jersey alone estimates about $300 million in losses, with peaches and apples among the hardest-hit crops.

Carlsberg Research Laboratory has published a highly detailed hop genome map in Nature Communications. The work is designed to accelerate breeding for heat and drought tolerance while opening new options for quality and aroma.

Indonesia expects rice production to remain stable despite El Niño risk, supported by irrigation measures, higher cropping intensity and large reserves.

Heavier rainfall in Türkiye has revived grain prospects after two drought years, but fruit and vegetable quality has deteriorated and rust has appeared in some cereal fields.

A direct-seeded rice initiative led by IIRR and SBI Foundation in Telangana delivered yield gains of 8-13% while cutting water use by 25-35%. The project expanded quickly and strengthened the case for a less resource-intensive rice production model.

Kansas wheat growers are heading into harvest under severe drought, disease pressure and higher input costs, with U.S. production projected at its lowest since 1972.

Rainfall in parts of South Australia’s Mallee and Riverland is improving the mood after years of drought. Farmers are seeing better prospects for wheat, barley and lentils, but they are still dealing with poor feed quality, sand drift and locust pressure.

Farmers in Central Java are testing a rice-growing package that Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory says can cut methane emissions by up to 50% while also raising yields. The pilot has already covered nearly 100 hectares and delivered a clear profit gain for participating growers.

Researchers at India’s Central Rice Research Institute say they have demonstrated the first successful use of an AI-designed genome-editing tool in plants. The work could broaden the toolbox available for breeding crops with higher yield, better resilience and lower technology barriers.

An ICAR-linked study found that El Nino years consistently cut yields of major kharif crops across many Indian districts. Researchers are urging policymakers to strengthen contingency plans through drought-tolerant varieties, agro-advisories and better water management.

Drought, heat and erratic rainfall are increasing pressure on Maine's wild blueberry growers and forcing costly spending on irrigation and mulch.

Unseasonal heavy rain in Nepal's Kavrepalanchowk district damaged potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers and other crops, with local authorities moving to compile losses for relief and compensation.

India’s weather service has launched AI-based forecasting tools for rain-fed agriculture, including a pilot in Uttar Pradesh that can generate rainfall forecasts at 1-kilometre resolution up to 10 days ahead.

Growers in Carnarvon say flood levees redirected water onto farms after Cyclone Narelle, adding to crop and irrigation losses in one of Western Australia’s main fruit and vegetable regions.

Maharashtra is urging farmers to move away from water-intensive crops before the kharif season. But sugarcane remains deeply entrenched because it offers more reliable income than most alternatives.

Heavy pre-monsoon rain and upstream flows from India are flooding northeastern Bangladesh during the Boro rice harvest, putting crops, farm incomes and food supply at risk.

Turkey’s farm sector has entered the new season cautiously after last year’s frost damage hit 16 products across 65 provinces, with recovery now varying sharply by crop and region.

MIT engineers found that the sound of falling droplets can shake rice seeds out of dormancy and speed up germination.

Researchers in Kashmir say they have standardized cultivation methods for Gucchi mushroom under controlled conditions, even as wild output has fallen from about 2,000 quintals in 1991 to just 88 quintals in 2018.

Authorities and farmers in Central Java are accelerating rice planting and water planning as El Niño raises the risk of a longer, drier 2026 season.

More than a year after Hurricane Helene, farms in Tennessee and North Carolina are still rebuilding the topsoil that floodwater stripped away or buried under sand and silt.

Nepal’s Banke district is producing more wheat even as the planted area keeps falling, helped by better seed, wider irrigation and favorable weather.

A new project in Idaho is studying soil far below the normal plow layer to see how deep horizons store carbon, water and long-term resilience for agriculture.

Indonesia’s Public Works Ministry says 400 irrigation pumps are ready for deployment and more will be added if needed to protect crop production in the coming dry season.

CropLife India has issued fresh guidance for the zaid season after rain and hail damaged rabi crops. It says farmers should avoid sowing delays, use resilient varieties, and watch closely for pests, diseases, and fake crop-protection products.

Unseasonal rain and hail have damaged about 249,000 hectares of rabi crops in India. Wheat has been hit hardest, while the government is pairing crop-loss assessment with fertilizer and kharif-preparation measures.

Canadian researchers have identified genes involved in how plants pause and restart growth under cold, salt and drought stress, opening new routes for more resilient crops.

Connecticut is investing $37.9 million in the Windsor laboratory of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, a facility that handles thousands of plant and soil samples for farmers every year.

Warm weather and early mountain snowmelt refilled southern Alberta reservoirs this winter, strengthening the case for new water storage projects for farms.

An unusually dry winter followed by heavy rain is damaging Darjeeling's premium first flush and putting more pressure on one of India's best-known tea regions.

March storms and heavy rain in Bangladesh have left maize growers facing new crop losses, weaker cash flow and a renewed risk of debt.

A two-year rainfall deficit is pushing parts of Turkey into chronic drought, raising risks for crops, reservoirs and drinking-water supplies.

Market participants expect India’s cotton area to grow in 2026 as stronger prices and possible El Nino conditions make the crop more attractive.

Indonesia says it is strengthening water access, pumping and seed support in West Java to protect rice production ahead of a potentially longer and drier 2026 dry season.

Rice farmers in Malaysia's Kerian district say a two-week irrigation delay tied to critically low Bukit Merah Dam levels is threatening planting schedules, yields and farm cash flow.

Australia’s blueberry industry has expanded into a sector worth more than A$500 million. That growth is now bringing sharper debate over chemical drift, water use and how intensive berry farms should be regulated.

Global demand for Philippine ube is rising, but growers say production is becoming more vulnerable to erratic rain, heat and stronger typhoons.

A field study using fiber-optic sensing found that repeated tillage damages soil structure and reduces the ability of farmland to retain water.

England has released the first experimental national soil-health indicators covering runoff mitigation, carbon storage and sustainable arable crop provision using 2023-2024 baseline data.

A sixth seasonal snowfall in Nepal’s Mustang is being treated as timely relief for herders and growers after several years of weaker snow conditions.

A Canadian farm-led initiative delivered yam planting material and fertilizer to Jamaican growers hit by severe hurricane damage.

A PLOS ONE field study reports that integrating early-bulking potato genotypes 7 Alu and Sagitta enabled four to five crops per year and sharply improved system-level productivity.

New modeling suggests cassava can spread to more African regions, but cassava brown streak disease risk may expand even faster.