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GREENVILLE, Miss. — The former leader of a Mississippi grain storage and processing company has been indicted on federal and state charges, more than a year after the…
Read more Mississippi grain company’s ex-CEO indicted on fraud chargesMINNEAPOLIS — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation’s fuel supplies over the…
Read more EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuelsAlbany, N.Y. — A court fight that has prevented New York from awarding marijuana dispensary licenses in some parts of the state could wind up hurting small farms…
Read more State: New York’s first pot crop jeopardized by court fightKOREAGUI, Ivory Coast — For more than 40 years, Jean Baptiste Saleyo has farmed cocoa on several acres of his family’s land in Ivory Coast, a West African…
Read more Cocoa farmers fear climate change lowering crop productionHONOLULU — The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect…
Read more EXPLAINER: Where will Hawaii’s biggest volcano erupt from?ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month, state agriculture officials said. The Category 4 storm caused between…
Read more Ian’s damage to Florida agriculture as high as $1.8 billionZOLFO SPRINGS, Fla. — The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground by Hurricane Ian’s fierce winds like so many green and yellow marbles are only the start…
Read more After Hurricane Ian, Florida citrus and agriculture struggleZOLFO SPRINGS, Fla. — The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground by Hurricane Ian’s fierce winds like so many green and yellow marbles are only the start…
Read more After Hurricane Ian, Florida citrus and agriculture struggleSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The past three years have been California’s driest on record, a streak unlikely to break this winter, state officials said Monday. The official water year…
Read more California braces for dry winter as Western drought drags on
