As the USDA reports, rice is a primary food staple for more than half the world's population. So any breakthrough that ...

Charles Williams, another rice farmer who met with Trump and USDA officials at the White House, echoes those concern. “We’re ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a $12 billion farmer aid package -- with $11 billion earmarked for ...

NEW DELHI — Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier than usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of ...

Scientists tested rice under record heatwaves and found that hotter soils by themselves did not cause dangerous spikes in ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as ...

NEW DELHI >> Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of ...

NEW DELHI — Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Niño is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the effects of ...

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other ...

The impacted farmers have not received any monetary support as of reporting. Farmers devastated as crisis destroys thousands ...

Bangladesh grows enough food to feed itself, but its farmers are falling behind. A crop system built around volume—especially rice—has left rural livelihoods increasingly fragile ...