Crop

Finance

Why Your Chocolate Fix Is About to Get More Expensive

A failed crop, followed by a wave of financial speculation, put cocoa prices on a roller coaster this year, rattling…

Finance

They Grow Your Berries and Peaches, but Often Lack One Item: Insurance

Farmers of fruits and vegetables say coverage has become unavailable or unaffordable as drought and floods increasingly threaten their crops.

World

First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers

As the war in Ukraine disrupts the global grain market, a volatile climate leaves Kansas on track to harvest its…

Finance

How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive

When the Agriculture Department finished its calculations last month, the findings were startling: 2022 was a disaster for upland cotton…

Back to top button