Homestead farmingGrowing apples in a cold climate: a city forester's advice for home trees
After wind and a late frost cost her apple harvest, a South Dakota columnist asked a city forester how to choose, plant and protect backyard fruit trees.
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NZ bull beef prices face pressure as US opens 300,000 tonnes of tariff-free imports
US imported 95CL beef has fallen from about US$4/lb at the start of the year to $3.42/lb, and AgriHQ analyst Mel Croad says the 90-day tariff-free window, mainly for Brazil and Paraguay, adds confusion as US demand eases seasonally; North Island bull beef has slipped from a $9.95/kg August peak to
Environment
Could a Nile Crocodile Case Decide Trump's Washington Building Projects?
A Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump's White House ballroom is being used against challenges to his other Washington projects, reviving debate over the right to sue on aesthetic grounds.
Fisheries
US Ambassador Delighted by Hilsa and Rasmalai at Information Minister's Village Home
US Ambassador Brent T Christensen was treated to Barishal's fried hilsa and Gournadi's famous rasmalai at the information minister's village home.
Environment
Snake Hunter Wins Tk 12 Lakh Prize for Catching Pythons
Python hunter Tom Rahill caught 96 Burmese pythons in 10 days to win this year's Florida Python Challenge and a $10,000 prize.
Environment
From Concrete City to Green City: How New York Is Changing
New York City has set a target of tree cover over about 30 per cent of its area by 2040 to cope with rising heat, building on the MillionTreesNYC programme that planted its millionth tree in 2015.
AgribusinessNew US farms lean toward poultry and produce, away from field crops, USDA finds
In 2022, 7 percent of US farms run only by beginning operators were mainly poultry producers and 10 percent mainly grew fruit or vegetables, but only 12 percent were field crop farms, USDA's Economic Research Service found.
LivestockUS cattle herd edges up to 94.2 million head on 1 July 2026, USDA says
There were 94.2 million cattle and calves on US farms on 1 July 2026, slightly above 94.0 million a year earlier, according to the USDA Cattle report of 24 July; beef cows fell 1%.
LivestockUS hog herd eases slightly to 73.7 million head in the June count
There were 73.7 million hogs and pigs on US farms on 1 June 2026, slightly fewer than a year earlier and than on 1 March, USDA's statistics service reported on 25 June.
AgribusinessUS per capita honey use nearly doubles since 1990; imports supply 78 percent
USDA's Economic Research Service reported on 23 June 2026 that per capita honey consumption in the United States has nearly doubled since 1990, and that imports made up 78 percent of the US honey supply in 2025.
Crops
Crowds of Foreigners Turn Out for Free Mangoes in San Francisco
Hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco to taste famous Indian mango varieties for free at an annual mango celebration.
AgribusinessSmall family farms are 86% of US farms but produce 17% of production value
In 2024 about 86 percent of U.S. farms were small family farms producing 17 percent of production value, while large-scale family farms, 5 percent of farms, produced half, USDA's Economic Research Service reported.
AgribusinessUS farms got 18.5 cents of a grocery dollar but 7.1 cents of a restaurant dollar
American farms received 18.5 cents of every dollar spent on food at home in 2024 and only 7.1 cents of each dollar spent on food away from home, USDA's revised Food Dollar showed.