19+ hour, 51+ min ago   (97+ words) The Straits Times Crop failures threaten Indonesia as dry season drags on Farmers across Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and parts of Sumatra island have suffered water shortages in recent weeks. Published Jul 27, 2026, 02:05 PM Updated Jul 27, 2026, 02:05 PM JAKARTA…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (547+ words) Livestock trade between the US and Mexico has largely stopped since late 2024, following the detection of screwworms in Mexico. Published Jul 25, 2026, 02:24 PM Updated Jul 25, 2026, 02:25 PM The US will allow Mexican cattle imports to resume after a more than yearlong ban…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (387+ words) Published Jul 25, 2026, 12:03 AM Updated Jul 25, 2026, 04:38 AM BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, July 24 - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law late on Thursday to ban the sale and production of the French delicacy foie gras in the South American country,…...

5+ day, 26+ min ago   (483+ words) Published Jul 23, 2026, 09:30 AM PARIS - Human-caused climate change has intensified a drought across Europe with extreme heat, rather than low rainfall driving the exceptionally dry conditions, a team of international scientists said on July 23. The continent is gripped by a major…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (427+ words) A drone view shows Taylor Farms Mexico's facilities after the US Food and Drug Administration said that the basis for linking Taylor Farms lettuce from central Mexico to the largest US foodborne illness outbreak in recent years remains unchanged. Published…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (385+ words) A demonstration near the French National Assembly in Paris on July 20, ahead of a vote on an emergency agriculture Bill. Published Jul 21, 2026, 08:31 PM Updated Jul 21, 2026, 09:10 PM PARIS – Environmentalists in France were outraged on July 21 as Parliament looked set to authorise…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (606+ words) FAO chief economist Maximo Torero says the trend in world hunger offers grounds for optimism. Published Jul 21, 2026, 06:17 PM Updated Jul 21, 2026, 06:44 PM ROME – Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (218+ words) Published Jul 20, 2026, 03:27 PM BUCHAREST, July 20 - Water levels of the Danube river in Romania fell to their lowest since 1996 over the weekend, prompting irrigation restrictions for farmers and partially disrupting shipping and tourism along its banks. Waterways across Europe have been…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (695+ words) Yoshiyuki Kudo, 81, a farmer in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, expects to harvest about 20kg of shiitake mushrooms in the autumn. Published Jul 20, 2026, 01:22 PM IWAKI, Fukushima – Shipping restrictions are still in place on log-grown shiitake mushrooms cultivated in open fields in Japan’s Tohoku…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (992+ words) People visiting the Edge observation deck to view the New York City skyline and One World Trade Centre, as wildfire smoke impacts air quality in New York City on July 17. Published Jul 18, 2026, 02:51 AM Updated Jul 18, 2026, 11:11 AM WASHINGTON - Wildfire smoke blanketed…...