High temperature red warning

High temperature red warning

A farmer is spraying herbicides in a cornfield despite the high temperature in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, China on July 5, 2025.

High temperature red warning

High temperature red warning

A farmer is spraying herbicides in a cornfield despite the high temperature in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, China on July 5, 2025.

Spraying Drone

Spraying Drone

SUQIAN, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2025 - Two Beidou spraying drones spray chemical herbicides on wheat in high-standard farmland in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on March 19, 2025.

Spraying Drone

Spraying Drone

SUQIAN, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2025 - Two Beidou spraying drones spray chemical herbicides on wheat in high-standard farmland in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on March 19, 2025.

Spraying Drone

Spraying Drone

SUQIAN, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2025 - Two Beidou spraying drones spray chemical herbicides on wheat in high-standard farmland in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on March 19, 2025.

Spraying Drone

Spraying Drone

SUQIAN, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2025 - Two Beidou spraying drones spray chemical herbicides on wheat in high-standard farmland in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on March 19, 2025.

Spraying Drone

Spraying Drone

SUQIAN, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2025 - Two Beidou spraying drones spray chemical herbicides on wheat in high-standard farmland in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on March 19, 2025.

Spraying Drone

Spraying Drone

SUQIAN, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2025 - Two Beidou spraying drones spray chemical herbicides on wheat in high-standard farmland in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on March 19, 2025.

Spring Field Management in Zaozhuang

Spring Field Management in Zaozhuang

ZAOZHUANG, CHINA - MARCH 11, 2025 - A farmer sprays herbicides on a wheat field in Huanggou village, Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province on March 11, 2025.

CHINA-ANHUI-BOZHOU-SMART FARM (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-BOZHOU-SMART FARM (CN)

(240320) -- BOZHOU, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A self-driving machine sprays herbicides in a field at the smart farm at Shuanglou Village, Bozhou City of east China's Anhui Province, March 19, 2024. By introducing IT technologies like Internet of Things, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, Jiao Rui, a young farmer born in the 1990s, has set up a smart decision making system on his farm which greatly improved the production efficiency. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

CHINA-ANHUI-BOZHOU-SMART FARM (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-BOZHOU-SMART FARM (CN)

(240320) -- BOZHOU, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2024 shows self-driving machines spraying herbicides in a field at the smart farm at Shuanglou Village, Bozhou City of east China's Anhui Province. By introducing IT technologies like Internet of Things, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, Jiao Rui, a young farmer born in the 1990s, has set up a smart decision making system on his farm which greatly improved the production efficiency. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

CHINA-ANHUI-BOZHOU-SMART FARM (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-BOZHOU-SMART FARM (CN)

(240320) -- BOZHOU, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Self-driving machines spray herbicides in a field at the smart farm at Shuanglou Village, Bozhou City of east China's Anhui Province, March 19, 2024. By introducing IT technologies like Internet of Things, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, Jiao Rui, a young farmer born in the 1990s, has set up a smart decision making system on his farm which greatly improved the production efficiency. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

China Agriculture

China Agriculture

Farmers spray herbicides on a corn field in Renzhuang village, Sangcun town, Shanting district, Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province, July 6, 2023.

China Agriculture

China Agriculture

Farmers spray herbicides on a corn field in Renzhuang village, Sangcun town, Shanting district, Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province, July 6, 2023.

China Agriculture

China Agriculture

Farmers spray herbicides on a corn field in Renzhuang village, Sangcun town, Shanting district, Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province, July 6, 2023.

Defoliants in Okinawa fuel concerns over impact on local economy

Defoliants in Okinawa fuel concerns over impact on local economy

TOKYO, Japan - Jon Mitchell (L), a journalist who has been researching the issue of herbicides and defoliants used during the Vietnam War, and Daniel Broudy, a professor at Okinawa Christian University, speak at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. They expressed their concerns over the presence of Vietnam-era defoliants in Okinawa Prefecture and urged the need to conduct a probe into the issue.

MOZAMBIQUE-XAI XAI-CHINA-AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION

MOZAMBIQUE-XAI XAI-CHINA-AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION

(220305) -- XAI XAI, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese agrotechnical expert (2nd R) teaches local workers to spray herbicides with a drone at the Wanbao Mozambique rice farm in Xai Xai, southern Mozambique, Nov. 28, 2019. TO GO WITH "Xiconomics: How Chinese innovation drives economic growth at home and abroad" (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

Defoliants in Okinawa fuel concerns over impact on local economy

Defoliants in Okinawa fuel concerns over impact on local economy

TOKYO, Japan - Jon Mitchell (L), a journalist who has been researching the issue of herbicides and defoliants used during the Vietnam War, and Daniel Broudy, a professor at Okinawa Christian University, speak at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. They expressed their concerns over the presence of Vietnam-era defoliants in Okinawa Prefecture and urged the need to conduct a probe into the issue. (Kyodo)