Crops in the vast sector of agriculture can be broadly divided into two categories: cash crops and food crops. Both play their roles in an agricultural economy; however, both have uniquely ...

After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are ...

Many important crop species, such as bread and durum wheat, oat, cotton, sugarcane, canola, coffee, and tobacco are allopolyploids and have become genetically isolated from their progenitor species.

The benefit of the expression of this protein by corn plants is a reduction in the amount of insecticide that farmers must apply to their crops. Unfortunately, seeds containing genes for ...

Indonesia’s forestry minister says 20 million hectares (50 million acres) of forest can be converted to grow food and biofuel crops, or an area twice the size of South Korea. Experts have ...

Labor has been treated as a fixed cost because most labor on Iowa farms is supplied by the operator, family or permanent hired labor. However, when deciding among alternative crops, labor should be ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new study finds two crops are major contributors to Great Salt Lake's water woes, but researchers say there are solutions that can drastically improve flows to the lake.

Using GWAS, we identified markers associated with the polyembryony trait in Mangos. Understanding the genetic mechanism of polyembryony promises to accelerate the breeding of Mangos and opens the ...

Last year, China imported a record 105.03 million metric tons of soybeans — a key crop that was embroiled in Donald Trump's tariff war with China during his first presidency. China's import of ...

Altering natural habitats for agriculture is the single biggest driver of extinctions. Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Now, new maps link ...

Amarjeet, known as ‘Anaaj Wale Baba’ from Sonbhadra, has been growing crops like wheat, gram, and millet on his head for the past 14 years as a form of Hatha Yoga. Spreading the message of greenery ...