Where’s the Next Breakthrough in Agriculture Coming From? The answer could be from the students participating in the Wilbur-Ellis Innovation Award, who are exploring innovative ideas for feeding a ...

Overview:  Seeing crop stress early changes everything. When problems are spotted days before visible damage, farmers can act ...

Five small lettuce plants, just a few leaves each, protrude from the top of foil-wrapped test tubes standing in a Styrofoam test tube holder. To test the influence of nanoplastics on plants’ uptake of ...

Predictability in agriculture is about as hard to find as a needle in a haystack. When you’re trying to prevent pest and disease pressures from devastating your yield, your approach to crop management ...

Despite generating over $75B annually, specialty crops face rising costs, weak prices and limited safety nets. Case studies ...

USDA is making it easier for growers to qualify for a new biofuel tax credit by increasing the number of eligible crops and climate-smart farming practices and dropping a bundling requirement. USDA ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...

A Rantizo DJI Agras MG-1P drone sprayer finishes a demonstration flight outside of Iowa City in August 2020. Drones have become much more adept at spraying fungicides on crops in recent years. One ...

Agricultural drones are becoming routine aviation services across the Middle East, driven by water scarcity, regulation, and ...

Bhilwara: The agriculture department, Tuesday, issued an advisory to farmers in Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Tonk districts to protect crops from severe cold and frost, directing agriculture supervisors ...

Farm products including milk and dairy, left, grapes and almonds dominated the highest-value agricultural commodities in 2022 in counties across California’s San Joaquin Valley. FRESNO BEE FILE PHOTOS ...