This Fungus Kills Bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. But There’s Hope

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Image of a banana plant showing early symptoms of Panama disease.

Will Florida’s Oranges Survive Another Hurricane Season?

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Dangerous feral hogs that destroy lawns and eat plastic are growing across the US, and states can't kill them fast enough

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Two feral hogs are caught in a trap on a farm in rural Washington County, Mo., Jan. 27, 2019.
Feral pigs are difficult to trap, and there are too many for the US to keep up with.

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Where Canada's 'super pigs' are most likely to invade the US — and potentially cause millions of dollars in damage

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A refal hog misses the trap, and roams free at Barker-Addicks reservoir on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Houston.
Wild pigs already cause billions of dollars in damage to agriculture in the southern US.

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There's a simple solution to make wine more sustainable: sheep

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Whitehall Lane Winery in California.
Whitehall Lane Winery.

Whitehall Lane Winery

Hundreds of thousands of fish died in a single reservoir in Vietnam, another sign of how climate change is strangling the economy

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Vietnamese fisherman in the middle of a reservoir full of dead fish
Hundreds of thousands of fish died last month in a southern Vietnamese reservoir.

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John Deere will pay up to $192K for a 'Chief Tractor Officer' to travel and help launch TikTok channel

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John Deere tractors for sale at a dealer in Longmont, Colorado

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Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation

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SaliCrop team poses in branded shirts in front of a farm field
The SaliCrop team from left to right: Oron Bet Or, Carmit Oron, Ṛcā Godbole, Sharon Devir, Shimon Rachmilevitch.

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Gardeners are fuming about a study that found produce from urban farms has a high carbon footprint

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An urban farm in Detroit, Michigan.
An urban farm in Detroit, Michigan.

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This indoor farming company is trying to win workers over to agriculture — through desk-job benefits

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An Eden Green greenhouse has stacks of lettuce
Eden Green grows staples like lettuce and cooking greens in large greenhouses in Cleburne, Texas.

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