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Cocoa prices on Wednesday gave up an early advance and settled lower, driven by optimism about West African cocoa crops.
Researchers have developed a new model that can suggest the optimal conditions for farmers to plant cover crops, or crops grown in between cash-crop seasons, to help ensure long-term cash-crop ...
ARGELIA, Colombia - With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia’s government is testing a pacifistic approach to its narcotics problem: paying farmers to uproot crops of coca, the drug ...
With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia's government is trying a new approach to its narcotics problem: paying farmers to uproot crops of coca, the drug's main ingredient. Among the ...
The Tribune is launching a series of special reports to examine how corn and soybeans made Illinois an agricultural giant and the challenges a two-crop strategy presents amid a changing climate.
The farm-gate price of green tea leaves in Uganda is atrociously bad.
Coffee prices have been on a tear due to irregular climate events, which also poses a threat to other key beverages like tea and cocoa.
Agricultural futures opened lower Wednesday night. Prices for soybeans, corn, wheat and oats have already been under pressure due to a couple years of good growing weather and some bumper crops ...
P. Wade Ross leads a group of Black farmers and ranchers who are used to losing some---and, then, losing some. Now, they are hoping for a win.
While maize remains essential for food security, sunflower farming is emerging as a game-changer for commercial agriculture in Siaya.
Ivory Coast's cocoa mid-crop output is expected to drop around 40% this season after an unusually long dry season and limited, patchy rainfall hit crops in the main production regions, exporters ...