Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
When used appropriately, satellite data is rapidly expanding the potential to customize insurance for smallholder farmers, potentially increasing the resilience ...
Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics
The downward trend: Nature’s decline risks our quality of life
Scientists conducted a sweeping review of nature's contributions to humans in order to present a clear breakdown of global trends ...
Feral colonies provide clues for enhancing honey bee tolerance to pathogens
Credit: Katy Evans, Penn State Understanding the genetic and environmental factors that enable some feral honey bee colonies to tolerate ...
Novel effector biology research provides insights into devastating citrus greening disease
Credit: Kelley J. Clark, Zhiqian Pang, Jessica Trinh, Nian Wang, and Wenbo Ma Citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing ...
Stealing the spotlight in the field and kitchen
Credit: Travis Parker January 20, 2021 - Plant breeders are constantly working to develop new bean varieties to meet the ...
Protected areas vulnerable to growing emphasis on food security
New study shows croplands are prevalent in protected areas, challenging their efficacy in meeting conservation goalsCredit: Image courtesy of Sashanka ...
As the American hemp industry grows, so does our understanding of hemp diseases
Credit: Lindsey D. Thiessen As hemp begins to reemerge as an important crop in the United States, scientists are beginning ...
New heat method kills pathogens with minimal damage to plants
Credit: William W. Turechek, Ole Myhrene, Janet Slovin, and Natalia A. Peres In the strawberry nursery industry, a nursery's reputation ...
A new archaeology for the Anthropocene era
Credit: Alison Crowther Indiana Jones and Lara Croft have a lot to answer for. Public perceptions of archaeology are often ...
New study compiles four years of corn loss data from 26 states and Ontario, Canada
Credit: Brandon Kleinke Plant pathologists working at universities across 26 corn-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada, ...
The end of domestic wine in 17th century Japan
September 1632 document likely shows the order for the last batch of Japanese wine in the Edo periodCredit: Professor Tsuguharu ...
GM plant grows insect sex pheromone compounds needed for green pest control in agriculture
GM plant to give boost to green insect controlsCredit: Kurt Miller Photography RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The camelina plant, a source ...
Illinois residents value strategies to improve water quality
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. ¬- Illinois residents value efforts to reduce watershed pollution, and they ...
Climate change is hurting children’s diets, global study finds
Rising temperatures contribute to child malnutrition and reduced diet qualityCredit: C. Shubert (CCAFS) A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children ...
No-till practices in vulnerable areas significantly reduce soil erosion
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Soil erosion is a major challenge in agricultural production. It ...
Soil degradation costs U.S. corn farmers a half-billion dollars every year
Credit: Pexels One-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing ...
Bacteria can tell the time
Credit: Professor Ákos Kovács, Technical University of Denmark Humans have them, so do other animals and plants. Now research reveals ...
Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops
CABBI study shows the annual crop behaves more like the perennial grass miscanthus in its efficient use of water and ...
Scientists developing new solutions for honeybee colony collapse
Grant establishes network of bee researchers at four UC campusesCredit: Boris Baer/UCR The University of California, Riverside, is leading a ...
Cattle grazing and soybean yields
Credit: Morgan Grabau By late fall, much of the Midwest is a pleasing landscape of dry, harvested corn fields. It ...