For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety

21 hours, 33 minutes ago

CBOT soybeans ease, grains rise, on choppy day of trading

* Recent rains ease some concerns about dryness in Argentina crop * Funds seek short-covering in wheat market * Weakness in Brazilian real weigh on corn, soy futures By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, Dec 23 - Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures turned lower on a choppy, lower-volume session on Monday, as weakness in the energy market and mild weather forecasts …

Market Soy

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate change threatens global food supply: Scientists sound alarm

India Today

As climate change intensifies, scientists are raising alarms about its devastating impact on global food security. A study published in Trends in Plant Science by an international team of researchers points to the urgent need to develop climate-resilient crops to avert severe food shortages, famine, mass migration, and global instability. Silvia Restrepo, President of the Boyce Thompson Institute and co-author …

Global Climate Change Climate Plant Sound Alarm

4 weeks ago

Wheat drops for 4th session on improved US crop condition, stronger dollar

Live Mint

SINGORE, - Chicago wheat lost more ground on Tuesday, dragged down by improved U.S. winter crop condition and a stronger dollar. Soybeans and corn eased as the U.S. dollar rose after President-elect Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada. * U.S. winter wheat crop conditions rose for a …

Wheat Crop

1 month, 1 week ago

Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?

Associated Press

CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe — Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season. Muchaneta Mutowa, center, checks the weather while working in a plot that is part of a climate-smart agriculture program funded by the United States Agency for International Development in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Villagers stand next to solar panels and water tanks that are …

Food Climate Change International Agriculture Climate States Zimbabwe

3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Monsoon likely to extend, threatening ripe summer crops’

The Hindu

Above-normal rainfall due to delayed withdrawal of the monsoon could damage India’s summer-sown crops like rice, cotton, soybean, corn, and pulses that are harvested from mid-September. The southwest monsoon is likely to be prolonged into late September this year due to a mid-month low-pressure system, two senior India Meteorological Department officials told Reuters. Monsoon rainfall in September and October could …

India Monsoon Rainfall Imd Extend Threatening

4 months, 1 week ago

As La Niña strengthens, forecasters warn of a potential return to drought

LA Times

As La Niña gathers strength in the tropical Pacific, forecasters are warning that the climate pattern could plunge California back into drought conditions in the months ahead. “Drought episodes do wane and redevelop, and a lot of that is associated with La Niña,” said Brad Pugh, a meteorologist with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. Nathan Lenssen, a climate scientist at the …

Winter Climate Drought California Pacific Southern Southwest

4 months, 1 week ago

Farmers’ Almanac releases its winter weather prediction and it will be plenty wet

The Independent

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Northeast Farmers Expected Wet Winter Almanac

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chicago grains settle near 2020 lows on good crop outlook, demand doubts

Live Mint

* Soy closed near October 2020 low on weak demand and beneficial weather * Corn slips on beneficial rain in the U.S. Midwest * Wheat continues slide on advancing U.S. harvest and cheap Russian exports By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, July 30 - Chicago corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Tuesday to settle near their lowest levels since 2020 as …

Crop 2020 Corn Trade Near Chicago Grains

5 months ago

‘Changing monsoon altering crop cycles’

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: June, the first of the four-month monsoon season, is becoming drier and hotter, delaying sowing of kharif or summer crops by two to three weeks and, as a result, pushing winter-planted wheat into periods of heat stress, official data shows. This in turn tends to delay and shorten the time available for sowing the winter staple wheat, exposing …

Heat Rice Monsoon Wheat Crop Paddy Sowing

5 months ago

Vermont farmers take stock after losing crops to flooding two years in a row

Associated Press

BARNET, Vt. — Exactly one year to the date of last year’s severe flooding in Vermont, Joe’s Brook Farm was flooded again by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. “When we got hit twice on the same day two years in a row it’s pretty hard to recover from that,” said Mary Skovsted, who owns the farm with her husband. “Many …

Water Flooding Crops Lost Farm Row Two Years

5 months, 1 week ago

Farmers Rush to Plant Kharif Crops as Monsoon Revives in July

News 18

Indian farmers have accelerated the planting of summer-sown crops, such as paddy, soybean, cotton, and corn, following above-average monsoon rainfall in July that came after a deficit in June, according to government data. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to …

India Farmers Rice Monsoon Million Plant Crops

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wheat, corn recover after slide; soy hits 2020 low

Live Mint

By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, July 9 - Chicago wheat and corn futures ticked higher on Tuesday after sharp declines on Monday, while most-active soybean futures closed at their lowest point in nearly four years, as expectations of ample supplies from northern hemisphere harvests hung over the market. Rains from Hurricane Beryl are expected to provide beneficial moisture across the U.S. …

Wheat Crop Low Corn Soy Cbot Futures Traders

6 months ago

Climate change makes India’s monsoons erratic. Can farmers still find a way to prosper?

Associated Press

BENGALURU, India — Each year from June to September, a heavy band of rain makes its way from India’s southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers’ thirsty fields. “We planted our cotton seeds after a good monsoon was predicted but it rained just two days and stopped after, so now we’re worried our crops will fail again.” The Indian …

India Climate Change Farmers Indian Crops Monsoon Rains Rajeevan

6 months ago

Absence of rain delays paddy farming in Odisha's Sundargarh

New Indian Express

ROURKELA: Absence of pre-monsoon rain has stalled agriculture activities in Sundargarh district even as the administration is yet to hold agriculture strategy committee meeting to finalise crop programme. Barring a few areas, farmers across the district are eagerly waiting for rain to kick-start their paddy farming activities. Admitting to the delay in farming activities due to absence of rain, chief …

Rain Sundargarh

7 months ago

Weather and farming: Heavier downpours will mean food shortages and hit animals, NFU warns

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists from the World Weather Attribution study have concluded that climate change made rainfall during storms in the UK …

Weather Water Farmers

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers’ confidence at all-time low after months of wet weather

The Telegraph

Farmers’ confidence in England and Wales has collapsed to an all-time low, with more than four-fifths saying they have been negatively affected by months of wet weather, sector leaders have warned. All areas of farming - arable, livestock, poultry, horticulture and dairy - expect to decrease production over the next year, a poll by the National Farmers Union found. The …

Nfu

8 months, 1 week ago

WA government launches dry season taskforce amid feed shortage, says 'farmers need to be prepared'

ABC

In short: Livestock feed is in short supply, with producers in the south of the state paying a premium to keep their animals fed. "It's the age-old supply and demand, people are either hanging onto or they know the commodity they've got, and they are asking top dollar for it," he said. There are very few patches with worthwhile rain," …

Supply Farmers Denmark South State Season Dry

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers issue urgent warning over food shortages after torrential downpours

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. NFU vice president Rachel Hallos said a crisis is building in the farming sector, …

Farmers Nfu Ms Hallos

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers say their plight amid drought has been ignored in the electoral rhetoric

The Hindu

In an election season which has coincided with unprecedented heat and water stress due to monsoon failure, farmers across the board are unhappy over their issues being conspicuous by their absence in the political discourse panning out in the electoral arena. This forced a section of farmers to come together in Mysuru on Wednesday and put forth demands seeking emphasis …

Political Parties Water Farmers

9 months ago

Spring: How to track seasonal shifts due to climate change over the years

Slate

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. We, as humans, are susceptible to an idea from ecology called shifting baseline syndrome, in which we too easily mentally adapt to degradations in our environment because we don’t remember how things used to be. Henry David Thoreau did something similar: He kept a written record of the …

Spring Tree Easter Hineline

9 months ago

Earlier signs of spring are becoming the new norm, Woodland Trust says

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earlier sightings of the signs of spring – from the first leaves on trees to …

Trust Spring Early Woodland Earlier Woodland Trust

10 months ago

Govt hopeful of resolving farmers' protest before wheat procurement season, says Food Secretary

India TV News

The government is hopeful of resolution of farmers' protest before start of wheat procurement season from March, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra informed on Thursday. The wheat crop is in good condition and procurement may commence early depending on arrivals in growing states, the Food Secretary said. Asked if the wheat procurement will be affected due to the ongoing protest, Chopra …

Farmers Wheat Food Secretary Wheat Procurement Season Protest Chopra

11 months, 3 weeks ago

How to spend the winter planning and preparing for your spring garden

The Independent

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Gardening Plant Garden

11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change

Wired

There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. To be a farmer right now—or an agronomist or an agricultural economist—is to recognize how closely those weird weather events are linked to climate change. In fact, when the United Nations Climate Change Summit, known as COP28, ran in Dubai earlier this month, it featured a 134-country pact to integrate planning …

Climate Change World Change Climate

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Dry weather, export curbs to hit 2024 global supply of staples

The Hindu

High food prices in recent years have prompted farmers worldwide to plant more cereals and oilseeds, but consumers are set to face tighter supplies well into 2024, amid adverse El Nino weather, export restrictions and higher biofuel mandates. “We have El Nino weather forecast until at least April-May, Brazil is almost certainly going to produce less corn, and China is …

Weather Wheat Production 2024 Brazil Export Dry

1 year, 1 month ago

Climate change hits women’s health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Manju Devi suffered in pain for two months last year as she worked on a farm near Delhi, unable to break away from duties that sometimes had her standing for hours in the waist-deep water of a rice paddy, lifting heavy loads in intense heat and spraying pesticides and insecticides. Manju Devi sits in a community center …

Health India Climate Change Delhi Change Climate Uttar Pradesh

1 year, 1 month ago

New hardiness zone map will help US gardeners keep pace with climate change

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Southern staples like magnolia trees and camellias may now be able to grow without frost damage in once-frigid Boston. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ” plant hardiness zone map ” was updated Wednesday for the first time in a decade, and it shows the impact that climate change will have on gardens and yards across the country. Across …

Climate Change Winter Climate Temperature Map Temperatures Boston

1 year, 1 month ago

Cover crops help the climate and environment, but most farmers say no. Many fear losing money

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Doug Downs steps out of his tractor while working, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at his farm near Allerton, Ill. Downs, the Illinois farmer, has tried to incorporate cover crops into some of …

Environment Climate Change Climate Farmers Iowa Crop Help

1 year, 2 months ago

Farmers are bracing for another drought. Here's what it might mean for food prices

ABC

Australia is drying out and farmers are concerned drought is returning to parts of the country. Key points: Australian farmers are increasingly nervous about a return to dry conditions The dry weather is expected to take a $16 billion toll this financial year Treasury analysis says climate change could reduce crop yields by 4 per cent by 2063 Confirmation that …

Weather Farmers Drought Rainfall South Billion Dirranbandi

1 year, 3 months ago

Is rice the "climate-change crop" the Northeast needs?

Salon

Rice growing in the U.S. is today mostly associated with Arkansas or California and historically, the Lowcountry and Mississippi Delta. Others, since rice can be grown without flooding, are turning their focus to "upland" rice varieties — which can be planted in rows and grown with a combination of rain and irrigation, known as "dryland growing" in the world of …

Japan Northeast Farmers Rice Region Farming South Carolina

1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change may force more farmers and ranchers to consider irrigation — at a steep cost

Associated Press

The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and drought. But now — with an extended drought and another U.S. heat wave this week that will broil her land about an hour northwest of Dallas for days …

Climate Change Change Climate Water Resources Water Farmers Texas

1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change may force more farmers and ranchers to consider irrigation -- at a steep cost

The Independent

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Climate Change Change Climate Water Resources Water Farmers Heat

1 year, 4 months ago

El Nino is back and prepare for drought, hunger and diseases

The Hindu

Published : Aug 14, 2023 17:30 IST - 4 MINS READ El Nino—a natural, cyclical climate pattern that causes hot weather—has heightened the risk of food, water, and health security in some parts of the world, scientists have warned. “El Nino does not mean a year with more disasters than others, globally,” said Walter Baethgen, a scientist at Columbia University’s …

Health Weather Climate Heat Thomson Pattern La Nina

1 year, 5 months ago

How El Niño could affect the economy and cost of living, with upward pressure on food prices

ABC

A looming El Niño could deal another blow to the hip-pocket of Australian's, according to analysts, with the potential to further increase food prices and cause fluctuations in the demand for commodities. "The increased likelihood of an El Niño event in 2023/24 and associated downgrade for agricultural production could put upward pressure on some food prices over the coming year," …

Food Weather Australia Impact Products Prices Event

1 year, 5 months ago

ENVIRONMENT | Early El Nino could further disrupt grain supplies

The Hindu

Published : Jul 14, 2023 13:36 IST - 4 MINS READ Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier than usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine. That is bad news for rice farmers, particularly in Asia where 90 per …

Food India Rice Indonesia Singh 2022 Indonesian

1 year, 5 months ago

Rice crops are being threatened by El Nino after grain supplies were disrupted by the war in Ukraine

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier than usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine. A farmer harvests rice crop in a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Last month, …

Food India War Ukraine Pakistan Bangladesh Rice

1 year, 5 months ago

Climate change: Rising temperatures are making it hard for birds to breed

Live Mint

Rising temperatures worldwide and the early arrival of spring due to climate change-driven shifts are having a strong effect on birds. The researchers calculated the timing of breeding and the number of young produced for 41 migratory and resident bird species at 179 sites near forested areas throughout North America between 2001 and 2018. “While our study demonstrates that the …

Climate Change Spring Change Climate Birds Bird Species

1 year, 6 months ago

Bihar: Delayed monsoon, severe heatwave affects paddy seedlings transplantation

Hindustan Times

The prolonged severe heat wave coupled with delayed monsoon rains in Bihar has severally affected the sowing of paddy seedlings with just 31% of overall transplantation done so far across nine divisions, officials of the state agriculture department said. Only 31 % coverage of paddy seedlings done out of targeted cultivable area Bihar has recorded 81% deficient rainfall this month …

Bihar Monsoon Rainfall Coverage Crop Paddy State

1 year, 8 months ago

As Earth warms, more 'flash droughts' will suck soil and plants dry

The Hindu

Climate change is making droughts faster and more furious, especially a specific fast-developing heat-driven kind that catch farmers by surprise, a new study found. Swain called the issue “very relevant in a warming climate.” The term flash drought was coined around 2000 but it really took off in 2012, when a $30 billion sudden drought struck the central United States, …

China Drought Yuan Study Flash Svoboda Droughts

1 year, 8 months ago

Drought will cause crop failures in Spain, farmers warn

Associated Press

MADRID — Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barley likely to fail entirely in four regions, the main Spanish farmers’ association said on Thursday. Spain’s long-term drought is causing “irreversible losses” to more than 3.5 million hectares of crops, the Coordinator of Farmers’ and Ranchers’ Organizations said in a new report. Three years …

Water Drought Crop Spanish Spain Farmers Coag

1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | How have recent weather events affected wheat crop?

The Hindu

The story so far: The unusual rise in mercury in February this year, followed by an untimely spell of widespread rain accompanied by gusty winds and hails during the month of March in parts of the country’s key grain-producing States — Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat — have left wheat-growing farmers worried as they anticipate …

States Rain Wheat Production Crop Weather Events Rains

1 year, 8 months ago

Weather Blues Again: Organic Farming Need of the Hour in India - News18

News 18

The weather this season has been unkind to farmers, especially as India has been hit with hailstorms, untimely rain and gusty winds over the past few weeks. Wheat farmers were most affected in large parts of MP, which led Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan to announce relief packages, extension of MSP wheat registration portal and a promise of covering climate-related damage …

Weather India Agriculture Climate Farmers Kashmir Genetic Diversity

1 year, 8 months ago

Farmers anxious as IMD predicts more rain in April

The Hindu

Fairly widespread rain accompanied by strong winds during the past 48 hours and more rains expected in coming days in the country’s key grain-producing States — Punjab and Haryana — have left farmers and experts worried as they fear the inclement weather conditions could adversely damage the wheat crop, almost ready for harvesting. Bright sunshine is required close to crop …

States Rain Haryana Wheat Damage Crop Punjab

1 year, 9 months ago

Farmers struggle in Argentina as drought withers their crops

The Hindu

The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks across dry farmland that should be green and lush this time of year. “This year’s drought was extreme,” the agricultural engineer said this week at the farm where he works in Urquiza, a town about 230 kilometers from Argentina’s capital. “There are no words to describe the impact of a campaign marked by …

Climate Change Change Climate Drought Argentina Farm Cuitino

1 year, 9 months ago

Farmers struggle in Argentina as drought withers their crops

Associated Press

URQUIZA, Argentina — The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks across dry farmland that should be green and lush this time of year. “This year’s drought was extreme,” the agricultural engineer said this week at the farm where he works in Urquiza, a town about 230 kilometers from Argentina’s capital. “There are no words to describe the impact of a …

Climate Change Change Climate Drought Argentina Farm Buenos Aires

1 year, 9 months ago

Many Australian farmers are about to get a lucky break after years of drought and floods

ABC

It has been a tumultuous five years from drought to plagues to floods, but farmers across southern Australia are about to catch a lucky break — the autumn break to be precise. Key points: The region around Orange and Cowra received about 50mm of rain on Wednesday afternoon During the next four days, the eastern half of NSW will see …

Rain Season Break Months Victoria Nsw Cowra

1 year, 10 months ago

Six foods that climate change is going to ruin

Salon

We don't live in an agrarian society anymore, at least not here in the United States. "The full impact of climate change on the global food system is complex," Marie Cosquer, Advocacy Analyst on Food Systems and Climate Crisis for Action Against Hunger, wrote to Salon. "Coffee arabica is known to be specifically vulnerable to climate change impacts," Dr. Roman …

Food Climate Change Change Climate Rice Wheat Crop

2 years ago

This Christmas, It’s ‘Firmageddon’ as Climate Change Hits Oregon

Wired

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “It is stunning,” said Daniel DePinte, an aerial survey program manager with the Forest Service who led the agency’s Pacific Northwest region aerial survey, noting that this year saw the highest mortality rate for firs in this area in history. The data, first reported by …

Climate Change Climate Oregon Trees Forest Depinte

2 years ago

What planting tomatoes shows us about climate change

Salon

There's a piece of gardening lore in my hometown that has been passed down for generations: Never plant your tomatoes before Show Day, which, in Tasmania, is the fourth Saturday in October. We often talk about climate change in large-scale ways — how much the global average surface temperature will increase. Autumn is falling behind At the beginning of autumn, …

Climate Change World Change Climate Temperature Tasmania Earlier

For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety

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