News About Farming On Earth and in Space
July 09, 2025
Beijing decries 'discriminatory' ban on Chinese purchases of US farmland

Beijing (AFP) July 9, 2025
Beijing condemned on Wednesday new restrictions by Washington on Chinese purchases of US farmland as "discriminatory" and violating international trade rules. The Trump administration said this week that the United States would begin restricting purchases of farmland by Chinese nationals and other "foreign adversaries". Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry, condemned the restrictions as "a typical discriminatory practice that violates the principles of a market economy and intern ... read more
China's 'new farmers' learn to livestream in rural revitalisation
Yantai, China (AFP) July 9, 2025
Gao Chaorong knows what it takes to turn out good crops of sweet potatoes, peanuts and wheat, but tasty produce is no longer enough to draw China's app savvy crowd. ... more
Rotten insects, viral videos and climate change: S.Korea battles 'lovebug' invasion
Incheon, South Korea (AFP) July 9, 2025
K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change. ... more
Drought-hit Morocco turns to desalination to save vegetable bounty
Agadir, Morocco (AFP) July 3, 2025
On the drought-stricken plains of Morocco's Chtouka region, cherry tomato farms stretch as far as the eye can see, clinging to life through a single, environmentally contentious lifeline: desalination. ... more
Sri Lanka court stops state land grab from Tamils
Colombo (AFP) June 27, 2025
Sri Lanka's top court halted Friday a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war. ... more
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Six million donkeys slaughtered for Chinese medicine: charity
Addis Ababa (AFP) June 26, 2025
Almost six million donkeys are slaughtered annually for Chinese medicine, with severe knock-on effects for African villagers who rely on the animals, a UK-based charity said on Thursday. ... more
Brazil says free of bird flu, will resume poultry exports
Brasilia (AFP) June 18, 2025
Brazil said Wednesday it was free of bird flu, paving the way for it to resume chicken exports to China and 20 other countries after a month-long suspension. ... more
Climate change could cut crop yields up to a quarter
Paris (AFP) June 18, 2025
Climate change is on track to reduce by 11 percent in 2100 the yields that today provide two-thirds of humanity's calories from crops, even taking into account adaptation to a warming world, scientists said Wednesday. ... more
Heat tolerant crops achievable but require long timelines and major investment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2025
Laboratory and field studies confirm that modifying photosynthesis and plant structure can significantly increase crop resilience to high temperatures, according to a new review published in Science ... more
Turkmenistan names high-yield wheat after its leaders
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (AFP) June 12, 2025
Turkmenistan inaugurated its harvest season on Thursday by naming new high-yielding wheat varieties after its leaders, as climate change threatens food security in the predominantly desert Central Asian country. ... more
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Sri Lanka counts seven million crop-busting monkeys
Colombo (AFP) June 12, 2025
Sri Lanka counted more than seven million monkeys during a census of crop-destroying wildlife, authorities said Thursday, after a government minister called the figure "unbelievable". ... more
UK's sunniest spring yields unusually sweet strawberries
Dartford, United Kingdom (AFP) June 11, 2025
British strawberry farmers say this year's record-breaking spring sunshine and warm days have yielded the cream of the crop, with a bigger and sweeter harvest than usual. ... more
China extends anti-dumping probe into EU pork imports
Beijing (AFP) June 10, 2025
China said Tuesday it was extending an anti-dumping investigation into pork products imported from the European Union, one of several trade pressure points between the two economic giants. ... more
Climate strategies of agri-food giants insufficient: study
Paris (AFP) June 3, 2025
Nestle, PepsiCo and other agri-food giants are "unlikely" to bring about meaningful greenhouse gas reductions in the sector with their current climate policies, according to a report published Tuesday. ... more
'Moving forward': the Gen-Z farmer growing Fukushima kiwis
Okuma, Japan (AFP) June 1, 2025
A short drive from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site, novice farmer Takuya Haraguchi tends to his kiwi saplings under the spring sunshine, bringing life back to a former no-go zone. ... more
New digital tool provides satellite monitoring of crop health across US

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
Researchers from the University of Kansas, with support from the KansasView and AmericaView programs, have created a web-based app for the public that provides free satellite monitoring and analysis of vegetation and crop health across Kansas and the nation, called the Sentinel GreenReport Plus. The free digital tool integrates Google Earth Engine with high-resolution imagery from the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, consisting of two identical satellites that share ... read more
Report: 'Future-proofing' crops will require urgent, consistent effort
Champaign, IL (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
In a review in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Stephen Long, a professor of crop sciences and of plant biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, describes resear ... more

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Mango deal sweetens ties between Bangladesh and China
Dhaka (AFP) May 28, 2025
Bangladesh waved off its first consignment of mangoes to China on Wednesday, a largely symbolic export as Beijing sweetens ties after relations soured between Dhaka and former ally and neighbour India. ... more
Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf
Eskisehir, Turkey (AFP) May 27, 2025
In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey. ... more
Invasive species cost trillions in damages: study
Paris (AFP) May 26, 2025
From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide has averaged about $35 billion a year for decades, researchers said Monday. ... more
Rare wild cattle herded in Cambodia by helicopter
Phnom Penh (AFP) May 24, 2025
A helicopter successfully herded 16 critically endangered banteng onto a truck in Cambodia for the first time, conservationists said, marking a "significant achievement" in a country with high rates of deforestation. ... more
Kenyan trial challenges law against seed sharing
Nairobi (AFP) May 20, 2025
Kenyan farmers on Tuesday launched a court challenge to laws that prevent them from selling and sharing unregulated seeds. ... more
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