7:00am Nov 25, 2019
Environment
Environment
How Climate Change Affects Fall Crops In North Carolina
When fall arrived this year, it didn't make its entrance with crispy air and cooling temperatures.
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Dan Charles / NPR 11:34am Feb 07, 2019National NationalIs Fear Driving Sales Of Monsanto's Dicamba-Proof Soybeans?
Some farmers say they're buying a popular new soybean seed partly because they're afraid of crop damage from herbicide drift. A new lawsuit claims the seed maker is violating antitrust laws. -
Jim Zarroli / NPR 3:03pm Sep 13, 2018National National Economy Politics & GovernmentFarmers Hope For China Trade Deal, But For Now They Worry About Tariffs' Impact
At the Big Iron Farm Show in North Dakota, the usual concerns about crops have been heightened by another big worry: a trade war with China that's already driven soybean prices down sharply. -
Anna King / Northwest News Network 7:03am Aug 29, 2018National National Science EnvironmentAs Wildfires Rage, Smoke Chokes Out Farmworkers And Delays Some Crops
Smoke from wildfires is blanketing much of the West. That's ruining some crops and may be stunting others. And it's making it difficult or unsafe for laborers to pick the harvest. -
5:00am Jul 27, 2018Economy Economy Politics & GovernmentAs Trade War Continues, North Carolina Farmers Get Caught In The Middle
North Carolina farmers are waiting to see what will happen as a trade war between the U.S. and the rest of the world plays out.
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paul mansfield photography / Getty Images 3:04pm Apr 16, 2018National National Science EnvironmentGrocery Stores Get Mostly Mediocre Scores On Their Food Waste Efforts
A new report, "Supermarkets Fail to Make the Grade in Reducing Food Waste," scores the 10 largest grocery stores on how they handle food waste. No store got an A, but Walmart got a B. -
Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images 1:57pm Mar 01, 2018Science Science EnvironmentWidespread Drought Across U.S. Stokes Fears About A Repeat Of 2012's Wrath
If rainfall doesn't come soon, it could cost billions in devastation — a difficult fallout considering the USDA expects farmers' incomes to hit a 12-year low even if crop yields stay high. -
Andrew Davies / courtesy John Innes Centre 12:01pm Feb 12, 2018National National Science EnvironmentWhat Canola Can Tell Us About Crops And Climate Change
When canola seedpods shatter prematurely, farmers can lose a lot of their crop. Scientists have now figured out how this happens, and it has implications for similar crops facing global warming. -
Carlos Giusti / AP 4:32pm Nov 29, 2017Puerto Rico's Hurricane Recovery Hinders Farm Businesses' Seed Research
Many agriculture companies rely on the island's climate for the research and development of commercial corn, soybean and other seeds grown in the U.S. But the storm wiped out needed infrastructure. -
Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images 2:30pm Aug 02, 2017National National Science EnvironmentCarbon Dioxide May Rob Crops Of Nutrition, Leaving Millions At Risk
Two new studies suggest that changing atmospheric conditions could reduce protein and iron in food, leading to more health problems for people in countries where malnutrition is already a problem. -
3:52pm Mar 27, 2017Economy Economy ScienceNC Fruit Growers Take Stock Of Losses From Recent Cold Snap
Agriculture officials are calling the cold snap earlier this month the most damaging that fruit farmers in the Southeast have experienced since the 2007 Easter freeze that led to a $1-billion crop
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Courtesy of Warner Farm 9:57pm Oct 31, 2016National National ArtsWith GPS And Graph Paper, Farmers Find A-maze-ing Ways To Bring In Cash
Using technology and math, farmers are creating elaborate corn maze designs, from replicas of fine art to Internet kitties. Labyrinths help make ends meet — they yield more cash per acre than crops.
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