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A better understanding is needed of how climate change could affect the availability for water in agriculture
An expert panel convened by the Council of Canadian Academies is urging more research into the potential impact of climate change on water available for agriculture. In a newly released report commissioned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the panel concludes that water and land resources in Canada can be more sustainably managed by developing forward-thinkingAgResource says stocks are perilously tight and if more weather woes hit, “we don’t know how high is high”
Reuters – U.S. corn prices could rise to a record $9 a bushel in the next six months as global grain markets continue to feel the effects of severe weather disruptions, says Chicago-based consultancy AgResource Co. The worst drought in half a century in the U.S., the world’s biggest corn grower and exporter, triggered aPrices are higher, but there remains enough food grown within the war-ravaged country to stave off food shortages
For the past six months, farmer Hisham al-Zeir’s wife and daughters have been up before sunset each day when it’s still cool, baking traditional tanoor bread in a century-old clay oven in their home in Syria’s rich agricultural province of Idlib. Rather than selling all his wheat to the state as he usually does, Zeir
