Web-based tool helps farmers reduce greenhouse gas losses and gain economic advantage.
Scientists at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have found populations of wild plants with genes from genetically modified canola in the United States.
Apathetic aphids – which become accustomed to ignoring genetically engineered chemical alarms in plants and alarms sent by fellow aphids – become easy prey for ladybugs. That’s good news for farmers, according to researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and Cornell University.
Beautiful wildflowers might someday be planted in "bee pastures," floral havens created as an efficient, practical, environmentally friendly, and economically sound way to produce successive generations of healthy young bees. The pesticide-free pastures could be simple to establish, and--at perhaps only a half-acre each--easy to tend, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist James H. Cane.
A simple and inexpensive demonstration of soil water retention and field capacity.
Long-term study digs up new information on biochar’s ability to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from soils
Finding strong differences in how Kentucky bluegrass varieties stand up to wear.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have conducted an animal-model and cell-culture study showing that white button mushrooms enhanced the activity of critical cells in the body’s immune system.
The University of Adelaide has established a new research institute to help overcome the major threats facing world agricultural production.
Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that help maintain the health of some of the world's most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a study by a University of Michigan biologist and a colleague at the University of California, Berkeley.
Procedure will improve research in plant nutrient uptake, organic matter decomposition, and production of greenhouse gases.
A new organization will link African agricultural professionals abroad and in Africa together to strengthen the continent’s agricultural and rural development.
A research team examined 618 articles from five North American newspapers using the content analysis technique. The analysis found 41.4 percent of the articles had a neutral tone toward organic agriculture and food, 36.9 percent had a positive tone, 15.5 percent were mixed and 6.1 percent were negative.
Fast-growing farm-raised salmon and trout that are sterile can now be produced using a method developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. Blocking reproduction can enhance growth, and is important for fish being reared in situations where reproduction is undesirable.
K-State research team using gene-silencing nanoparticles to deliver dsRNA into mosquito larvae to make developing insects more susceptible to pesticides.
Researchers discover cassava varieties that resist post-harvest deterioration, which will benefit farmers in developing countries.
Changes in soil microbial communities reduce plant decomposition rates and affect carbon cycling
Crop and food industries will benefit from a new $31 million biotechnology Center of Excellence to be headquartered at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus.
Armed with dart guns and medical pellets, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are vaccinating bison in and around Yellowstone National Park against brucellosis.
Report documents the status of cotton seed collections across eight countries.
Scientists compile field studies across U.S. to identify influences on biomass yield.
There's no substantial quality difference between organically and conventionally produced eggs. That's one of a number of findings in an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study examining various aspects of egg quality.
Scientists analyze root-to-shoot ratios in seedlings to estimate future yield and response to water stress.
Scientists examine the absorption potential of decomposing plant materials
A team of researchers from Washington State University and the University of Georgia have found that organic farming increases biodiversity among beneficial, pest-killing predators and pathogens. In potato crops, this led to fewer insect pests and larger potato plants.
New research by UC Davis wheat geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky and his colleagues could lead to new strategies for improving freezing tolerance in wheat, which provides more than one-fifth of the calories consumed by people around the world.
New research identifies greater molecular diversity in commercial Virginia-type peanut cultivars, useful for disease resistance.
Study examines the effects of a one-time tillage on yield and soil structure in no-till crop production
Anaerobic manure treatment lagoons may release more methane that current rules allow.
Scientific journal features research on how water moves through soil and bedrock
Grassed waterways including compost filter socks reduce soil erosion and herbicide concentrations from fields.
Using soil structure and chemistry to define yield influences.
Scientists identify soil pH as an indicator of the presence of soybean cyst nematodes
In Wyoming, about $4 million worth of rangeland cattle and sheep were lost to predators in 2005. Using a computerized model, researchers have now simulated an individual ranch’s economic impact of livestock losses to predators such as wolves and coyotes. Both short-term profitability and long-term viability were found to be affected by predation.
This summer, Donald Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair in Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware and director of the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN), will receive the Liebig Award from the International Union of Soil Sciences for outstanding contributions in soil science research, revealing new discoveries, techniques, inventions, or materials related to soils and the environment.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE) will sponsor a briefing on agricultural adaptation to climate change on June 16th, in Washingtion, D.C.
Crop Science Society identifies the grand challenges facing global crop production and adaptation strategies for agriculture.
Iowa State University researchers are testing between-row cover grasses as part of research looking at ways to reduce soil runoff and keep vital nutrients in the soils while crop residue, called stover, is removed from farm fields to produce biofuels. With U.S. government targets requiring a 30 percent displacement of petroleum consumption with fuels made from biomass by the year 2030, agronomy researchers are studying methods of harvesting more and more stover, which previously was left on the field.
By unlocking the genetic secrets of sorghum, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found a way to make one of the world’s most important cereal crops a better option for growers.
American Society of Agronomy and Cereal System Initiative for South Asia launch certification to benefit millions of farmers with increased productivity.
Scientists investigate differences in woody and herbaceous crop productivity and biomass yield as a function of landscape position at the field scale.
A new professional guidebook on protecting foraging livestock from a costly disorder.
A new professional guidebook on protecting foraging livestock from a costly disorder.
Scientists develop application of rare earth elements to control phosphorus runoff from livestock manure.
Research finds little to no transport of microbes from cow pastures into groundwater.
Experts will present climate change impacts and agricultural adaptation strategies at two Congressional Briefings on June 16 in Washington, DC.
Scientists develop faster method for testing soils around oil spills.
Study looks at the effect of increased warming and nitrogen on soil microbes through an entire season.
South Dakota State University research shows a traditional Asian flatbread called chapathi, or chapati, gets a big boost in protein and fiber when fortified with food-grade distillers grains.
Carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural activity in the United States can now be tracked with unprecedented resolution because of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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