‘To Glorify God’: Retired Oklahoma Couple Blesses Neighbors with Garden’s Bounty
A retired couple in Anadarko, Oklahoma, is caring for their community in a special way by using their two-acre garden.
Harvest
China Manufactures ‘Artificial Rain’ to Fight Drought
China’s ruling Communist Party ordered its meteorological bureau to dispatch special rain-making aircraft to drought-afflicted areas of the country’s south on Tuesday as part of a wider effort to protect China’s autumn harvest from ruination by a regional heatwave that began in June, the Global Times reported.
Bushfires Add to Pressure from Drought in China
Bushfires have reportedly engulfed “several mountains” in Chongqing, a municipality within southern China’s Sichuan province, in recent days, the Global Times reported on Monday, noting that the wildfires have merely exacerbated an ongoing heatwave and drought across most of China’s southern region that began in June.
China Struggles to Prevent Food Crisis as Drought Hits Heartland Farms
China’s central government on Monday was “ramping up” efforts to prevent an ongoing heatwave and drought from ruining much of the nation’s autumn grain harvest across China’s southern region, the Global Times reported, noting that the autumn grain harvest in jeopardy contributes 75 percent of China’s annual grain production on average.
China Orders Communist Officials to ‘Produce Artificial Rainfall’ as Drought Threatens Crops
China’s central government issued its first national drought alert of 2022 on Thursday, advising authorities to “produce artificial rainfall when necessary” due to the “risk of wildfires” across vast swathes of China’s central and southern regions, according to Xinhua, the country’s official state press agency.
Food Crisis: Ukrainian Agri Exports Will Likely Fall to One Third of Previous Year – UK Govt
Britain’s ministry of defence has predicted that Ukrainian food exports will fall by nearly two-thirds this year.
Argentina: Angry Truckers Block Roads to Protest Fuel Shortages
Argentine truck drivers’ unions called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday, causing miles-long road closures and other transportation disruptions that threatened to jeopardize the country’s food supply during its peak harvest season, Reuters reported.
Zimbabwe: Food Shortage Fears Grow as Bird Swarms Invade Major Farms
Massive flocks of the red-billed quelea bird — a notorious African crop pest — have decimated grain harvests across farms in western Zimbabwe in recent weeks, causing fears of a local food shortage in the near future, the online newspaper New Zimbabwe reported Monday.
Biden’s Supply Chain Crisis Leaves Farmers Without Much-Needed Equipment
Farmers stand to be hit hard by Biden’s supply chain crisis if they are unable to get the equipment they need before harvest time.
Community Organizes Harvest for Crop of Texas Farmer Who Died from Coronavirus
A Texas farmer who died at the age of 49 from the coronavirus left behind his loving family, friends, and a cotton crop.
Urbanization, Population Drops Leaving China’s Corn Farms Understaffed
China’s “corn heartland” in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang faces a shortage of farm workers for the upcoming autumn harvest, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday.
