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

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 ...

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 ...

Farmers usually plant so-called cover crops after harvesting their main crop in the Fall. This prevents erosion of the soil and nutrient leaching. The roots of these crops also stabilize the structure ...

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 ...

Technology is transforming agriculture, creating high-tech, high-paying jobs and attracting a diverse workforce to farming.

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 ...

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 ...

Robeson County is home to a diverse agricultural landscape, including row crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, tobacco and small grains. The Extension field crops agent will serve as a trusted ...