Agriculture and Farming
Crops ‘Stored Everywhere’: Ukraine’s Harvest Piles Up
A small army of combine harvesters rolled across an endless farm field on a recent afternoon in western Ukraine, kicking dust clouds into the blue sky as the machines gathered in a sea of golden wheat. Mountains of soy and corn will be reaped in coming weeks. It will all add to a 20-million-ton backlog […]
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Can Dual-Use Solar Panels Provide Power and Share Space With Crops?
In its 150-year history, Paul Knowlton’s farm in Grafton, Mass., has produced vegetables, dairy products and, most recently, hay. The evolution of the farm’s use turned on changing markets and a variable climate. Recently, however, Mr. Knowlton added a new type of cash crop: solar power. For Mr. Knowlton, a fifth-generation farmer and the current […]
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As Russia Chokes Ukraine’s Grain Exports, Romania Tries to Fill In
Stopping at the edge of a vast field of barley on his farm in Prundu, 30 miles outside Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, Catalin Corbea pinched off a spiky flowered head from a stalk, rolled it between his hands, and then popped a seed in his mouth and bit down. “Another 10 days to two […]
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To Pressure Taiwan, China is Now Targeting its Grouper Exports
FANGLIAO, Taiwan — Lin Chun-lai bought his grouper farm in southern Taiwan about a decade ago with an eye on mainland China’s growing appetite for live fish. In just a few years, the former electrician made enough money to comfortably support his family of four and even open a small inn. Then China abruptly banned […]
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Russia’s Blockade of Ukraine Is ‘War Crime,’ Top E.U. Official Says
LONDON — The Russian blockade that has stopped Ukraine from exporting its vast storehouses of grain and other goods, threatening starvation in distant corners of the globe, is a “war crime,” the European Union’s top foreign policy official declared Monday. The remarks by the official, Josep Borrell Fontelles, were among the strongest language from a […]
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An Underappreciated Burgundy Wine Region Is Upward Bound
SAVIGNY-LÈS-BEAUNE, France — The soaring demand and high regard for Burgundy around the world means that little of the Côte d’Or, the region’s heart, has been left unturned. But if an off-the-beaten-trail source for relative bargains still exists, it would be this well-known but little-understood village. The wines of Savigny-lès-Beaune have never been better than […]
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In South Asia, Climate Change Worries Take On Fresh Urgency
FATEHGARH-SAHIB, India — When the unseasonably heavy rains flooded the fields, and then the equally unseasonable heat shriveled the seeds, it didn’t just slash Ranjit Singh’s wheat harvest by nearly half. It put him, and nearly all the other households in his village in northern India, that much further from financial stability in a country […]
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Crop Circles Were Made by Supernatural Forces. Named Doug and Dave.
CONHOLT, England — Standing hip-high in a large wheat field in southern England, one can make out an odd series of depressions in the swaying green crop, where some of the wheat has been pushed down lower than the rest. It is only by looking at the field from high above that the real picture […]
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Animal Farm Creamery, a Small-Batch Dairy, Is Narrowly Saved
When Ms. St. Clair started Animal Farm in 1999, she knew she wanted to raise Jersey cows. With them came a seemingly endless river of milk that needed a purpose. “Everyone else in Vermont was doing cheese,” Ms. St. Clair said, “I saw a niche with butter.” Specifically, the kind of tangy, high-fat, marigold-colored butter […]
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