The Green Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s dramatically increased yields and secured the global food supply for a rapidly ...

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 ...

Something significant is happening across the American agricultural landscape, and it's not just a blip on the radar. States ...

The global population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

NASA satellites can provide critical information to farmers about the condition of their plants. One satellite, called ECOSTRESS, measures the temperature of plants. Another, called SMAP, measures the ...

On a hilltop field in Rush County, Kevin Wiltse stabbed his spade into plant residue-encrusted earth and turned over a shovelful of dark soil. He knelt, scooped up a fistful of moist, porous ...

Cover crops can provide good grazing material for farmers with both row crops and cattle. Many farmers have diversified operations with both row crop production and livestock. Integrating those ...

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 ...

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 ...

Human civilisation has been shaped by the emergence of domesticated crop plants and livestock from their wild relatives. This long-term process involved ...

Federal crop insurance has undergone many revisions since its establishment by Congress 95 years ago, but its original intent to keep farmers on the land has remained steadfast. The Federal Crop ...

The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Crops Judging Team continued an exceptional competitive season this weekend, earning first-place team honors at the Iowa State Crops Contest and claiming ...