Farming and Agriculture

The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car.... Read more

Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that once was common across the Balkans and Turkey—using ants. Reporting in iScience on October 3, the team shows that bacteria, acids, and enzymes in ants can kickstart the fermentation process that turns milk into yogurt. The work highlights how traditional practices can... Read more

Imagine a farm in 2050. It's summer and solar radiation and humidity are peaking. Fruit picking machines hum and cooling mist sprays overhead. In the haze, a robot stands among the rows of fruit. It scans two strawberries—one red and ripe, the other still green. It hovers, hesitates, then makes... Read more

The UCO studied, for the first time, how alperujo storage times affect the subsequent composting process, taking into account both the quality of the product and the emission of greenhouse gases and microbiological activity. The work is published in the Journal of Environmental Management.... Read more

From droughts to disease, coffee and chocolate are under threat, but scientists and farmers are working together to keep these daily treats on the table.... Read more

When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally vital: the plant microbiota. In an article featured on the cover of Science, Professor Niko Geldner and his team at the University of Lausanne (Unil) unveil the subtle... Read more

Directed evolution is a laboratory technique that mimics natural selection and allows scientists to evolve genes and the proteins they encode. Traditionally, this technique has been used in microbes, mammalian cells, or in test tubes.... Read more

While anglers are celebrating a strong start to the salmon season, a new Simon Fraser University study warns coho salmon are under serious threat.... Read more

Avocados have been grown in Tanzania since the early 1890s. The global appetite for the creamy fruit, also known as green gold, is booming. The industry's market value was over US$6.5 billion in 2020, reached US$16.24 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach US$23 billion in 2029.... Read more

As climate change and a growing global population strains our existing food supply, scientists are looking on land and at sea for innovative solutions.... Read more

The global food system faces growing risks as modern farming practices undermine the resilience of the world's soils, according to new research.... Read more

With a pioneering, comprehensive approach on a global scale, Brazilian researchers have developed a methodology that allows them to project the physiological responses of herds of different production animal species to the impacts of climate change between 2050 and 2100.... Read more

Rice grown for seed rice was the focus of a yearlong investigation by the Arkansas Rice Processing Program using X‐ray imaging to determine the impact of higher drying temperatures.... Read more

Extreme weather events, from heavy rainfall to heat waves and droughts, are increasingly threatening crop yields globally, so new solutions are needed for agriculture.... Read more

England's farms have significantly reduced their environmental footprint over the past decade, according to new modeling that suggests greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution are on a downward trend.... Read more