Farming and Agriculture

Over the past 50 years, Brazil has emerged as one of the world’s agricultural giants. Becoming a leading global exporter of soybeans, beef, coffee and sugar has significantly boosted its economy and placed the country […]

For centuries, farmers have looked attentively at the sky and the earth to interpret the signs nature provides when they are working their fields. This ancestral knowledge has been passed down from generation to generation […]

Anthracnose is considered one of the most significant diseases affecting olive trees. Popularly known as “soapy olive” due to the appearance of fruit affected by it, this disease, caused by various fungal species of the […]

Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive process down from months to weeks.This post was originally published on this site.

A high-tech, no-fence solution is teaching cattle to stay home on the range, University of Alberta research has found.This post was originally published on this site.

A research project within Resource Recovery at the University of Borås in Sweden explored how valuable substances can be extracted from organic waste—such as animal manure—and how this loop can be closed by producing animal […]

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce the need for artificial fertilizer in crops such as wheat, maize, or rice.This post was originally published […]

Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production. To meet the challenges ahead, Iowa State University scientists are working with crop breeders to look for approaches that […]

Hops are an essential ingredient in beer brewing and an important economic crop. The female flowers of hops are covered in tiny glandular trichomes that synthesize and store a variety of specialized metabolites, collectively defining […]