If global warming surpasses 1.5°C, vast regions could lose critical crop diversity, heightening the risk to worldwide food ...

The global production of six major food and animal feed crops (corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, cassava, and millet) has dramatically increased and far outpaced world population growth between 1961 and ...

The calendar turning over to September marks the beginning of the planting season for first-crop corn and soybeans in Brazil, and the end of second-crop corn harvest. Trendline yields in Brazil have ...

For four days this past week, more than 100 crop scouts sampled 2,000 to 3,000 fields in seven Midwest states as part of the one-of-a-kind Pro Farmer Crop Tour. Building on the boots-on-the-ground ...

Crop farmers in South Texas are witnessing the future of agriculture unfold with the advent of digital-twin technology. Spearheaded by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, this cutting-edge approach combines ...

Since 2019, the commercial production of hemp has been a legal reality. In 2018, with the introduction of the Farm Bill, various policies related to it as an industrial and food crop were enacted, ...

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants. Exploring sugarcane's ...

Yichao Rui, assistant professor of agronomy, inspects soil in a cornfield at Purdue University's Water Quality Field Station. Rui leads a study investigating the viability of using kura clover as a ...

Lucknow: The state govt on Wednesday said that it was promoting modern crop production techniques across the state. According to a spokesperson, farmers in 44 districts—including Lucknow, Bahraich, ...