The stereotype of agriculture has not kept pace with reality. Modern food production is no longer defined solely by farms and ...

In the last five years, Indigenous agriculture has received attention in academia as an alternative model, though on a smaller scale, to modern farming systems. Research has shown that some ...

Soilless farming—a method of growing plants in a nutrient-rich solution rather than traditional soil—accounts for a ...

Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb nutrients Modern corn, wheat, and beans have dramatically different root systems ...

Arm Me for the Battle, Don’t Tie My Hands The pests grow fiercer with every changing season, labour has vanished, and yet many still insist that the farmer’s tools are the problem. A farmer speaks ...

Midwest soil is eroding at an alarming rate according to new, first-of-its-kind research. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts found that the rate of soil erosion in the Midwestern US is 10 ...

China’s Mudanjiang City Mega Farm ranks among the largest agricultural operations on Earth, stretching across an area so vast ...

An evolutionary "arms race" for light and space led to the early domestication of wheat, according to new research that could offer fresh insights into crop design. The study led by Dr. Yixiang Shan ...

During his long tenure as the successor to the throne, then-Prince Charles was a defender of the environment. The Prince of Wales website underlines the use of “his unique position to champion action ...