Tag: Agriculture
South Korea sets a compensation plan for dog meat farmers before the 2027 ban
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea announced plans Thursday to compensate famers and others in the country's dwindling dog meat industry before a...
Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions
PREK TAKEO, Cambodia -- The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in the six countries it traverses on its way from its...
Concern grows as bird flu outbreaks continue to rise among California dairy herds
Reports of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks at California dairy herds are continuing to rise as the nation’s largest milk producer scrambles to...
‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
WYOMING, Iowa -- Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls...
Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
CACONDE, Brazil -- Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining...
Oregon governor uses new land use law to propose rural land for semiconductor facility
SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law to propose a rural area for a semiconductor facility,...