The harvest is almost over, and farmers gathered for the weekly market in the nearby village of Lagfaf say most of the wheat is good enough only for the animals. They blame the drought for an expected slump in Morocco's economic growth this year, showing how farming in the kingdom still relies on smallholdings that lie beyond the network of dams and irrigation channels that guarantee water in dry years. The last time things were this bad was 1981, when scarcity of grain caused bread prices...

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Note from R-CALF USA Communications Coordinator Shae Dodson: Schumacher wrote this letter after former R-CALF USA Region I Director Dennis McDonald circulated a resignation letter that generated several sensationalized headlines about the future of the organization. Note from R-CALF USA Communications Coordinator Shae Dodson: Schumacher wrote this letter after former R-CALF USA Region I Director Dennis McDonald circulated a resignation letter that generated several sensationalized...

Officials in the capital Rabat say climate change has raised temperatures and contributed to a 30 percent decline in rainfall in recent years and fertile acreage is shrinking. The harvest is almost over, and farmers gathered for the weekly market in the nearby village of Lagfaf say most of the wheat is good enough only for the animals. The months passed but clouds scudded over the kingdom's central plains without shedding their load and in the fields near the central Moroccan town of...

He said dairy farmers are paying higher prices to feed their cows as a result of ethanol production that depends on corn and other rough grains. Department of Agriculture said farmers are reluctant to increase the size of their herds when prices for feed are rising faster than the price of milk. The payment is designed to keep the costs low for ethanol, and encourage its increased usage as a fuel alternative to gasoline. The American Meat Institute, which represents the nation's beef, pork...