This year's spring arrived 3 to 5 weeks earlier than the average between 1991 and 2020 in the central U.S. and 2 to 3 weeks earlier in southern Midwest states. Climate Central analysis found that spring is trending to an earlier arrival from 1981 to 2025 in most of the United States. An earlier spring could have consequences for the agriculture industry, ecology and more.

Swiss scientists and chocolatiers have developed a new chocolate recipe in which sugar is replaced with plant-based byproducts. The new method is more efficient and healthier than traditional methods. It also reduces waste and environmental impact and enhances the nutritional value of chocolate. New approach could be a new source of income for farmers.

A new paper in Analytical Methods suggests that the quantity of microplastics may be overestimated due to a simple lab error. The group from the University of Michigan discovered that they were unknowingly contaminating their samples with standard lab gloves, inflating the results. The culprit turned out to be sample contamination from their lab gloves.

The Trump administration quietly axed a Biden-era program to help young and first-time farmers gain access to land. It's the latest in a series of Trump administration moves targeting conservation programs and staff at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) lost 23 percent of its staff, dropping from nearly 12,000 employees to just over 9,000.

On April 7th America and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Iran said that safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz would be possible in co-ordination with the country’s armed forces, as well as with the American armed forces.

Jem Bendell quit his job as a professor of sustainability leadership at the University of Cumbria in 2017 because of climate change. He wrote a paper titled "Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy" in July 2018. It was downloaded more than a million times.

Two people in San Diego got sick with Shiga toxin-producing E.coli from Raw FARM raw cheddar cheese. The company issued a voluntary recall on April 2. Raw milk products like unpasteurized cheese can carry dangerous bacteria. The largest raw milk outbreak in U.S. history was identified in 2023–24.

Inflation that ran as high as 20 per cent last year has spiked again. The World Food Programme has warned that a 50 per cent reduction of fertiliser use this planting season could result in a 10 to 15 per cent decline in agricultural production. Myanmar is down the pecking order of Asian nations able to replenish energy and fertiliser stocks from the Middle East. Myanmar imports over 90 per cent of its refined fuel from abroad and has no domestic refining capacity.