Agriculture

US Farmers Plant More Winter Wheat As Grain Prices Rally

US farmers expanded seedings of winter wheat this autumn for the first time in eight years as strong demand and dry weather in several producing count...

Food Workers, Rural Americans Go Hungry Despite US Government Farm Aid

Yessenia Cendejas pulled up to a moving truck filled with donated food in northeastern Wisconsin, arriving at the mobile food bank straight from her job at...

US Farmers Scramble For Help As COVID-19 Scuttles Immigrant Workforce

The coronavirus has delayed the arrival of seasonal immigrants who normally help harvest U.S. wheat, leaving farmers to depend on high school students, sch...

Germany To Ease Restrictions On Seasonal Workers

Germany will from next week relax entry restrictions for seasonal workers introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a government source has said....

EU Seeks To Reset Relationship With Nature After COVID-19 Crisis

The European Union will step up efforts to make food production more sustainable and halt biodiversity loss, after the coronavirus pandemic has expose...

G20 Agriculture Ministers Say Coronavirus Measures Should Not Disrupt Food Supply

Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 countries have agreed at a virtual meeting that emergency measures to stop the spread of the new corona...

Soybeans Recover From 10-Month Low, Gains Capped By Virus Worries

Chicago soybean futures rose for the first time in five sessions on Tuesday with bargain buying supporting prices, although gains were limited by concerns...