Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Jeremy Ford hates wasting water.As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida,...
Agriculture
On Lake Erie, getting rid of problem algae starts with giving it less food
OREGON, Ohio -- On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past...
Midwest chicken farmers struggle to feed flocks after sudden closure of processor
CHARLES CITY, Iowa -- Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a...
Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan’s rice crop
KAMIMOMI, Japan -- In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers...
How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados
KAYANZA, Burundi -- Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway...
Swine fever sweeps Italy’s north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods
CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy -- One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows turned up positive for African swine fever in late August....
In India, warming climate pressures scientists to keep developing tougher seeds
BENGALURU, India -- Unpredictable rains and increasing heat aren't just making life more difficult for the people of Rayanpet, a...
Harvesting hops for beer produces a lot of waste. These German groups are seeking to fix that
MUNICH -- Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing...
Shrimp farmers in Asia exploited by U.S. supermarkets for big profits, research finds
A new investigation focused on three of the world's largest producers of shrimp released on Monday claims that as big...
Takeaways from AP’s report on how shrimp farmers are exploited as supermarkets push for low prices
BANGKOK -- A new investigation focused on three of the world’s largest producers of shrimp released on Monday claims that...
