Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics

Credit: Credit: Forest Isbell. Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University ...

Credit: Helena Volk, Kristina Marton, Marko Flajšman, et al. An insoluble complex carbohydrate, chitin makes up fungal walls and plays ...

Water ecosystems with high nitrate concentrationCredit: Rubén Ladrera (University of La Rioja, Spain) Insects, crustaceans and other water macroinvertebrates are ...

New possibilities for indoor, sustainable, local production of hopsCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Photography The explosion of craft brewing across ...

Credit: The American Phytopathological Society Citrus greening, a devastating disease, has reduced Florida citrus production by 70%, according to most ...

Well-known foods taste the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is made, it ...

New CCA expert panel reportCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) In Canada, 26% of infections are resistant to the medicines ...

Credit: Charles Tambiah/ CoE for Translational Photosynthesis Plants make sugars to form leaves to grow and produce grains and fruits ...

Available online for free, polyploid mapping system developed in Brazil helps breeders of sugarcane, kiwi, blueberry, sweet potato and forages, ...

Research team from Graz, Austria, develops biological methods to improve the shelf life of fruit and vegetablesCredit: Lunghammer - TU ...

Credit: J. A. Rojas, A. Witte, Z. A. Noel, J. L. Jacobs, and M. I. Chilvers Corn is a staple ...

Credit: Maria Lodovica Gullino, Giovanna Gilardi, and Angelo Garibaldi Ready-to-eat salads, also known as fresh-cut or bagged salads, have steadily ...

Credit: Robyn Wishna ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University is co-leading a $9.95 million, five-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant that ...

California's switch to solar, wind energy reduced reliance on hydropower, natural gasCredit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J.--Solar and wind ...

Credit: Kevin Murphy Quinoa is a healthy food many know and love. As its popularity grows, more farmers are interested ...

Credit: Phil Cardoso, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Achieving an appropriate calcium balance in dairy cows is critical near ...

International team led by the University of Göttingen investigates environmentally sustainable palm oil productionCredit: Katja Rembold Environmentally friendlier palm oil ...

Organic, validated non-thermal food safety solution easily integrates into existing tempering process; preserves nutrition, sensory and functional characteristics of both ...

An international team of researchers have created a resource that could help plant breeders increase the domestic watermelon's quality and ...

Credit: (Image credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service) Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the ...