For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These ...

Talk to any farmer who used to raise pigs, and they’ll more than likely tell you it all changed in 1998. That’s the year that draws memories of agony and financial pain for many. Hog margins bled red, ...

It's an exciting time to be a microbiologist working in rice research. A global push towards the cultivation of water-saving ...

Pork shipments from a North Carolina pork processing plant are now blocked from entering Mexico. The plant, located in Tar Heel, N.C., is a Smithfield foods plant and is the largest in the world. The ...