A month after it imposed tariffs on shipments from the United States, China saw a significant reduction in grain imports, according to figures published by China’s General Administration of Customs.





A month after it imposed tariffs on shipments from the United States, China saw a significant reduction in grain imports, according to figures published by China’s General Administration of Customs.





About 1.7 million chickens have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped at least 60 farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market, according to a major poultry producer.





The latest agricultural advances aren’t always high-tech. On farms around the world, growers are looking to the past for methods that can ensure soil health and bolster yields.
These techniques, such as integrated crop-livestock systems, soil terracing, and intercropping, were invented by long-ago farming societies to maintain fertility and soil structure or increase harvests. For many farmers, simpler methods can be as valuable today as they were in the past.
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