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A flock of sheep resting in a green field beside a hedgerow on a British farm.

August 19, 2026

UK’s Worst Bluetongue Outbreak Spreads to Scotland as Hot Weather Fuels Virus

It’s been called the worst bluetongue outbreak the UK has ever seen. Now the virus has reached Scotland, and the peak has not even arrived yet. Bluetongue is an insect-borne viral disease

A ripe sugarcane field in Srirangapatna, Karnataka, India, ready for harvest.

Agriculture·Business·Energy·India·Policy

India Halts Ethanol Push to Salvage Sugar at Record Prices

Sugar mills abandoned ethanol as 2026 prices hit records, diverting only 10 percent of output to fuel. Export bans and stock limits reversed incentives, prioritising domestic food security over The s.

August 12, 2026

UK Harvest Crisis 2026: Drought and Record Heat Devastate British Crop Yields

Agriculture·Climate·Food & Drinks·UK

UK farmers face devastating 2026 harvest as extreme drought and record heat—including driest July in centuries—destroy wheat, barley and cereal crops. Food supply chain

Rythu Bharosa Kharif Payments Reach 73 Lakh Telangana Farmers: Rs. 6,000 an Acre Straight to Bank Accounts

Agriculture·India

Telangana releases Rythu Bharosa Kharif 2026 funds: Rs. 6,000 per acre for 73 lakh farmers. Eligibility, satellite verification, joint-ownership splits and payment delays.

Representative Image. Fertilizing plants in the fields. Photo Source: Alaksander Dumala (Pexels)

Agriculture

Wind-Powered Device Converts Air into Ammonia, Targeting 2% Global Energy Use and 1% CO₂ Emissions

Stanford University and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals researchers have developed a device that produces ammonia from air using wind energy. This innovation aims to replace the Haber-Bosch process –

Karmactive Staff

December 23, 2024

A new method to detect dehydration in plants

Agriculture·Plant Life·Science

New Sensors Detect Plant Dehydration 48 Hours Before Visible Signs, Alerting Farmers Early

In an era where agricultural challenges mount under climate pressures, researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) interdisciplinary research

Karmactive Staff

December 17, 2024

Agriculture·Carbon·Pollution

DNV Verifies Agreena’s 4.5M Hectares Carbon Credits From 2,300 Farmers Across 20 Countries With 350% Program Growth

Back in the 1980s, when carbon markets were just theoretical discussions in environmental economics journals, few farmers thought about selling carbon credits. Now in November 2024, as DNV completes its third verification

Rahul Somvanshi

December 6, 2024

Agriculture·News·Science·Wildlife

Pesticides in Soil Threaten Over 70% of Wild Bees, as Toxic Residues Exceed Limits and Endanger Bumblebee Queens’ Winter Survival

Pesticide residue accumulation in agricultural soils threatens 70% of wild bee species through direct exposure during nesting and hibernation, according to a study published in Science by University of Ottawa scientists. The

Karmactive Staff

November 21, 2024

The software can visualize - the future growth of the plants using drone photos or other images from an early growth stage.

Agriculture·Artificial Intelligence

University of Bonn’s New AI Tool Predicts Crop Yield from Single Image—Discover How This Changes the Game for Farmers

AI is a modern mantra for solving most of our problems. Researchers at the University of Bonn, Germany, have developed software that can simulate the growth of field crops. Thousands of photos

Rahul Somvanshi

June 19, 2024

Dhruv Patel-Tupper, PhD '22 Plant Biology, who led the study as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of PMB professor Krishna Niyogi.Photo by Chris Gee

Agriculture·Science

New Gene Editing Technique by UC Berkeley Promises to Increase Rice Yields Without Foreign DNA

A team from the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has achieved increased gene expression in a food crop by altering its regulatory DNA. While other studies have

Govind Tekale

June 17, 2024

Agriculture·India

Noida to Delhi Farmer’s March Puts Pressure on Modi Government for Fair Crop Prices as Agricultural Unrest Hits New Peak

Farming has become a losing enterprise. That is why farmers are protesting all over the world. India is not an exception. The farmers’ groups in Noida and Greater Noida have been in

Govind Tekale

February 10, 2024

Agriculture

Keeping Your Lawn Green: A Battle Against Fertilizer Burn

There is no secret that plants, from backyard flora to lush garden greenery, rely on nutrients for their growth. In nature, these are predominantly sourced from the soil, which acts as a

Karmactive Staff

February 9, 2024

Agriculture·India

Amidst High-Profile Tea Party Between Modi and Macron Echoes of Protest Against Controversial Reforms RIse

When the French President was enjoying his time with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, French farmers were demonstrating in the streets. During the leaders’ tea party, protests were rampant in

Govind Tekale

January 26, 2024

Agriculture·India

India Eyes Record Harvest: Projected 1.6M Tonnes Set to Surpass Global Lentil Production

India is set to emerge as the world’s largest producer of lentil (Massor) in the current 2023-24 crop year (July to June) on the back of an expected surge in production estimated

Govind Tekale

January 18, 2024

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