Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...
Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, have been a hot topic of conversation among researchers, producers, ...
Graduate student Arjun Ojha Kshetry and colleagues combined two key genes: WIND1, which reprograms cells near a wound, and ...
EAST LANSING, MICH. – Sandy soils that traditionally haven’t been ideal for growing crops may become bountiful farmland with new water-retaining technology developed by a Michigan State University ...
The production of doubled haploids (DH) has become a necessary tool in advanced plant breeding institutes and commercial companies for breeding many crop species. However, the development of new, more ...
(Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and ...
While the word "agrivoltaic" is somewhat offbeat, its application is simple. Instead of lining solar panels up in the ...
(Beyond Pesticides, May 23, 2023) Scientists have developed a nontoxic method to deter rodents from feeding on freshly planted seeds, publishing the approach in the journal Nature Sustainability this ...
Send a Cow Kenya’s trainer Samuel Sana (right) educates farmers during a field day at Bung Kwach village in Mbita Sub-county, Homa Bay County. [James Omoro, Standard] More than 300 farmers with ...