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Human Remains Found Inside 15-Foot Crocodile in South Africa
Remains of a missing hotel owner were found inside a 15-foot crocodile that police airlifted from a river in South Africa.
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AgribusinessFarm production earns 6.7 cents of every US food dollar
Value added by American farms was 6.7 cents per dollar spent on domestically produced food in 2024: 3.3 cents from livestock, 2.5 cents from crops and 0.9 cents from forestry, fishing and agricultural services.
Fruits
Did Watermelon Really Kill Four Members of a Mumbai Family?
The deaths of four members of a Mumbai family were first blamed on watermelon, but early forensic findings reported by NDTV point to possible poisoning.
EnvironmentCover crops drew the most EQIP conservation money from 2014 to 2025
USDA's Economic Research Service reported on 30 April 2026 that cover cropping was the top-funded EQIP practice from fiscal 2014 to 2025, ahead of fences, brush management, sprinkler systems and waste-facility roofs and covers.
AgribusinessGuinea launches AgriConnect compact putting rice and poultry first
Guinea and the World Bank Group launched the Guinea AgriConnect Compact in Conakry on April 30, 2026, prioritising rice and poultry to cut imports, maize and soybeans as inputs, and fonio and mangoes for export, with hundreds of thousands of jobs targeted by 2030.
Fruits
Is Eating Watermelon at Night Dangerous?
After a Mumbai family of four died having eaten watermelon after dinner, Indian experts say the fruit is healthy but is best eaten during the day.
AgribusinessFarms kept 11.8 cents of the US food dollar in 2024, down from 12.1
USDA's Economic Research Service reported on April 28, 2026 that American farms received 11.8 cents of every dollar spent on domestically produced food in 2024, against 12.1 cents in 2023, with the remaining 88.2 cents going to post-farm marketing costs.
Crops
Extreme Heat Threatens World Food Systems, Livelihoods of a Billion People at Risk
A joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Meteorological Organization warns that extreme heat is pushing some food supplies towards the brink.
CropsUS field crop area set to shrink 2.4 percent by 2035
USDA's long-term projections show the eight major American row crops losing six million acres over the next decade as tight margins persist.
Environment
Back in Her Village, Chinese Woman Earns Nearly Tk 2 Crore a Year Farming Snakes
A 1995-born woman surnamed Qin returned to her village in Guilin to help her father farm more than 60,000 venomous snakes, a business that earns over 1 million yuan a year.
CropsCover crops and double cropping reach 32 percent of US cotton acres, USDA says
USDA's Economic Research Service reported on 16 April 2026 that the share of US cotton acres under double cropping or cover cropping rose from 15 percent in 2003 to 32 percent in 2019, the largest increase among corn, soybean and cotton fields.
CropsPeanut butter demand up 6 percent as US peanut crop hits record
Peanut butter consumption is 6 percent above its 10-year average while other peanut products decline, and a record 6.5 billion pound crop in 2024/25 has lifted crush and exports too.
EnvironmentNew aqueduct and canal works secure water for Argentina's herds and orchards
Under the World Bank-supported GIRSAR programme, a livestock aqueduct in southern Córdoba has brought 50,000 hectares back into production and a modernised irrigation system in the lower Río Negro valley has expanded production across 4,000 hectares, the World Bank reported on 10 April 2026.