(Last revised January 4, 2020) Corn is the biggest agricultural success story of the Americas, from its beginning as a wild grass 7000 or more years ago in Mexico to become one of three dominant fo…

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Agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa needs to improve to reduce hunger, poverty, and the destruction of biodiversity.

Romanticized “pop ecology” oversimplifies nature and leads to costly mistakes in real-world crop management.

Phosphate-solubilising microorganisms (PSM) are often reported to have positive effects on crop productivity through enhanced phosphorus (P) nutrition. Our aim was to evaluate the validity of this co...

Do biotech companies lie about the pesticide-saving benefits of genetically engineered crops? The activist group GM Watch says yes. Do they have a convincing case? Nope.

Europe’s farmers are a minority. You wouldn’t know it from the political power they wield.

The big players in the machinery market keep adding pieces towards autonomous vehicles for farming, but how far away is a final product?

Keeping tabs on market trends is important, but accurately gauging when trends begin to turn is a bankable skill.

Après trois campagnes 2023, 2024 et 2025 déficitaires, les planteurs de maïs ne peuvent pas se permettre d’achever une quatrième campagne avec un revenu de nouveau négatif. Mais ils sont démunis pour ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change. The IUCN is voting on whether those species should be allowed in nature.

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

Dry beans are relatively poor N-fixers, producing less than 45% of their N requirement. Nitrogen uptake rates in dry beans range from 3.9-4.7 lbs N/cwt of seed, meaning a 2000 lbs/ac dry bean crop …