CropsResearchers in South Africa, Nigeria and the US found losses of about 43% for roots and tubers and 35% for vegetables in the Global South, falling to 7-12% with hermetic storage, cold chains, better packaging and handling.
EnvironmentThe Natural Resources Conservation Service will fund partner organisations to restore, steward and assess wetland and floodplain easements on agricultural land, with applications due on 19 November.
A ten-year-old spotted cat living in a Bolivian rescue centre has been confirmed by DNA analysis as an entirely new species, and the study suggests there are five tiger cat species rather than three.
An adult giant panda must eat between 12 and 38 kilograms of bamboo a day, and the loss of a bamboo forest puts the species directly at risk.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the RM of North Cypress-Langford will protect 1,300 hectares of mixed-grass and sandhill prairie over the Assiniboine Delta aquifer, with local ranchers' grazing written in as a management tool and $2.35 million placed in a permanent fund for the municipality.
EnvironmentUSDA's Economic Research Service reported in June 2026 that 36 percent of US corn, soybean, cotton and wheat acres with water-driven erosion received technical assistance, more than for any other field problem.
EnvironmentUSDA said on 29 May 2026 that nearly 23,000 American farmers, ranchers and landowners would be asked about tillage, fertiliser, manure, irrigation and installed conservation practices for the Conservation Effects Assessment Project survey.
EnvironmentUSDA'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.
