A daily digest of market, agri-policy, technology and climate news — from Ukraine and the world. 127 news items in 22 sections.
Crop Production
A 2024 Nature Sustainability study highlights a new cooling film that reduces air temperatures by up to 4.6°C, driving biomass increases of up to 370% in dryland crops.
While central Alberta farmers prepare for strong yields due to timely summer rains, producers in the province's north are struggling with catastrophic flooding and crop losses.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lifted a decades-old ban on potato production in Central Saanich, originally imposed to control the golden nematode.
In 1981, the British government launched an unprecedented scientific campaign against the coypu population, which had reached 200,000. This report examines the strategy that successfully eliminated the pests…
Severe drought in B.C.'s southern Interior is forcing farmers to abandon crops and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on livestock feed.
Miami-Dade County removed a record 9,000 tons of sargassum in July, highlighting the growing challenge of managing excessive seaweed blooms caused by environmental shifts.
In Iowa, where cancer rates are among the highest in the US, tackling the disease has become the centerpiece of the midterm election campaign, eclipsing even cost-of-living concerns.
