Insights and Stories on Crops

Study shows how U.S. farm landscapes could be reshaped by climate

Oct. 5, 2020 at 5:09 pm CDT

London | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Climate change could render swaths of agricultural land largely useless for farming in the U.S. South, and force Midwestern farmers to move corn and soybeans elsewhere as crop yields decline, researchers said on Monday. The profits of growing six key crops are set to […]

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Sep. 18, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feds back autonomous weederbot’s Halifax manufacturer

Sep. 11, 2020 at 9:20 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Organic price quotes: Late August

Sep. 1, 2020 at 2:45 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Mexico to phase out use of glyphosate

Aug. 13, 2020 at 2:56 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn up after USDA confirms massive U.S. crops

Aug. 12, 2020 at 5:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Wednesday as short-covering and position-squaring emerged after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed expectations for massive crops, traders said. USDA, in a monthly report, said U.S. farmers will reap their biggest corn harvest and second-biggest soybean […]

By Tom Polansek

Locust swarming pheromone identified in step toward curbing plagues

Aug. 12, 2020 at 4:21 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Scientists have identified a chemical compound released by locusts that causes them to swarm, opening the door to possible new ways to prevent these insects from devouring crops vital to human sustenance as they have for millennia. Researchers said on Wednesday they identified the pheromone — […]

By Will Dunham

Argentina says hit by second locust swarm, farmers on alert

Jul. 21, 2020 at 7:10 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Grains powerhouse Argentina is getting hit by a second swarm of locusts arriving from neighbouring Paraguay, Argentina’s Senasa agricultural health inspection agency said on Tuesday, putting farmers on notice about possible crop damage. The new swarm is concentrated in the province of Formosa in north-east […]

By Hugh Bronstein Maximilian Heath

USDA sets coronavirus aid payments for corn, soy, wheat

May. 19, 2020 at 8:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers that grow crops including corn and soybeans will receive coronavirus assistance payments based on either half of their 2019 production or the supplies they had on hand as of Jan. 15, the government said on Tuesday. The coronavirus aid is the latest in a […]

By Reuters

Drones to be tested against Africa’s locust swarms

Feb. 11, 2020 at 11:22 am CST

Nairobi | Thomson Reuters Foundation — The United Nations is to test drones equipped with mapping sensors and atomizers to spray pesticides in parts of east Africa battling an invasion of desert locusts that are ravaging crops and exacerbating a hunger crisis. Hundreds of millions of the voracious insects have […]

By Nita Bhalla

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