agriculture

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Still, the impact of the conflict on fertilizer and agriculture markets is best described as “a tragedy unfolding in slow motion,” analysts at ING wrote in a recent note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“It feeds on live tissue and lays its eggs in openings in animals,” says Kevin Draper, a business correspondent who covers agriculture for the New York Times.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“I think a lot of the problem is that ag relationships are based on trust, and agriculture borrowers tend to work with banks for multiple generations,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Koc Holding is a family-run conglomerate set up in the 1920s whose main sectors are energy, automotive, durable consumer goods and finance, although it is also involved in technology, food, retail, tourism, agriculture and shipbuilding.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Irrigation agriculture and fish farming provide ideal living conditions for the snails carrying schistosomiasis and for flukes that burrow through our skin as we wade through the feces-laden water.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond