Hundreds of rows of giant bamboo grow about an hour outside of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. It’s an unexpected sight—Malawi has lost nearly 10 percent of its forests since 2001, and bamboo isn’t even native to the country. But that’s exactly the reason Grant Blumrick knew he had to start the AfriBam giant bamboo farm.
High prices and increasing imports are expected to lead to a slowdown in corn consumption in China in the coming years, according to a new report from Rabobank.
The agriculture sector survived a year of rising uncertainty in 2018, but with the national elections and the threat of drought looming, 2019 will be every bit as challenging.
In this season of festive eating -- and festive provisioning -- we often have a tricky time planning meals, juggling all the things in our fridge and making sure everyone has a good time and enjoys the food we cook. I know that even in my house, all the date labels on food can cause confusion.
U.S. table grape inventories have decreased significantly over recent weeks from their record high and are now in line with what would typically be expected at this time of year.
We lose more than 50 acres of American farmland to urban development every hour. And in that same amount of time, our population grows by 240 people.
