Farming

Hormuz closure cripples fertilizer trade, causing ripple effect on food security - analysis

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted global fertilizer supplies, leading to a 20-30% price increase and threatening food security worldwide.

APRIL 14, 2026|By JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER / THE MEDIA LINE

A farmer sprinkles fertiliser on crops in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 9, 2026.

Sderot is providing 24/7 monitoring for dozens of remote farms and open areas, aiming to cut response times to incidents that include theft, vandalism, arson and suspected infiltrations, according to the nonprofit behind the initiative.

Israeli nonprofit builds 24/7 operations room to protect isolated farms

Moledet, founded after years of attacks on remote agricultural sites, monitors dozens of farms and open areas, linking alerts from the field with security forces in real time.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel faces milk store stock shortage as dairy farmers halt milk deliveries. Febuary 2, 2026

Israel’s milk shortage shows how policy fights end up hurting the public - editorial

Milk rationing did not happen by accident. Protest tactics, rigid regulation, and stalled reform collided, leaving families paying the price for political and policy failure.

FEBRUARY 5, 2026|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Farmers and dairy farmers protest against Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's proposed reforms, January 5, 2026.

Israeli farmers protest Smotrich's proposed dairy reform, warn of 400 farm closures

Hundreds of farmers blocked roads nationwide, warning that proposed dairy reforms would shutter farms, undermine food security, and create dangerous reliance on imports.

JANUARY 5, 2026|ByYANIR YAGNA, ELI ASHKENAZI

American teen volunteers change lives in Israel

20 American teens travelled to Israel to participate in Jewish National Fund-USA’s - Teen Volunteer Mission.

APRIL 15, 2024ByJNF-USA

American students in Israel's Negev on their volunteer mission

Cows can produce more milk if you treat them better, study finds

Be kind to your cows: Dairy cattle can be helped to relax with positive reinforcement, be happier, and produce more milk.

MARCH 17, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Chevra Eco Farm: A green sanctuary in Israel made by immigrants

A group of young and idealistic immigrants recently purchased the land and hope to turn it into an ecological farm and center for education and wellness.

MARCH 16, 2024ByBEN BRESKY

LOOKING OUT at the horizon from Chevra Eco Farm.

Global investors backing Negev, including Bedouin agriculture

Can advanced agriculture alter Bedouin society and the Negev's planning?

MARCH 11, 2024ByOFER PETERSBURG

'In Israel, we have everything we need to save ourselves'

Danielle Abraham of Volcani International Partnerships says Hamas targeted farms on Oct. 7, aiming to harm Israel’s food supply and ‘break the agricultural communities’

MARCH 9, 2024ByNERIA BARR

DANIELLE ABRAHAM: ‘The farmers are heroes.’

Supporting Israeli farmers is essential - opinion

Since October 7, farmers have been grappling with severe shortage of workers, exacerbating other challenges and threatening the livelihoods of farmers and the agricultural sector as a whole.

FEBRUARY 20, 2024ByLAURA KAM

MEMBERS OF Jerusalem’s Kehilat Kol Haneshama, the writer (left) and Joni Catalano-Sherman, volunteer at a strawberry farm.

Israel's spirit of resilience on display at evacuated farms near Gaza

In the fields near Israel’s border with Gaza, amid the echoes of conflict and the haunting remnants of attacks, there lies a profound resilience.

JANUARY 26, 2024ByMAX RICHARDSON

Volunteering to harvest produce at farms in Israel's South near the Gaza border.

Israel's hi-tech firms helping tackle the food, agriculture crises

Here is a tiny sample of the phenomenal Israeli creativity bubbling in hi-tech for farms – crucial, if the world is to feed its hungry people in the future.

JANUARY 26, 2024BySHLOMO MAITAL