Thirstwaves, extreme evaporative demand events, are becoming more frequent, longer, and intense, stressing U.S. crops and ...

Farmers are bracing for dry conditions to continue as spring planting season comes around. The lack of rain has a ...

The lack of recent rainfall has meant some crops are not germinating in drier ground.

With this March having been the driest for 60 years, some farmers are taking measures to protect themselves in the future.

As planting season begins across the U.S., all of South Dakota falls under drought conditions on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Farmers across the region are making typical progress toward seeding fields.

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like ...

The continuing dry conditions after one of the driest Marches is seeing good progress on spring crop drilling, but newly establishing crops are needing some rain in some areas of the South and East.

In order to take in carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis, a plant loses water vapour to the atmosphere as the stomata ...

Meanwhile, a potato grower near Ballarat said millions of dollars' worth of farmgate value had also been due to the extended dry spell. Some growers have not put a crop in at all this season, while ...