A working ranch in the rolling hills of coastal Santa Barbara County is doubling as a classroom, research site and testing ground for a different approach to agriculture, one focused ...

Extension’s indoor vertical farming and hydroponic crops production course can expand food production in arid climates ...

Under the microscope, you can find that the soil is truly alive. Jim Ristau was giving attendees at the South Dakota Specialty Producers Summit a look through the lens.

Canada has quietly become one of the most powerful forces in global food production, not just because of its vast land and ...

In southwest Iowa, the fields can be dry, sloped or have rough soil that is poor for growing corn or soybeans and is prone to erosion and runoff. A state-led ...

Biodegradable mulch films are widely promoted as a sustainable alternative to conventional agricultural plastics, yet their ...

The Sahara Desert is crawling forward like a silent invader, swallowing farmland and forcing families in the Sahel to fight ...

The Evolution of Soil Loss Tolerance and Its Importance to Soil Productivity Protection, including Ecosystem Services. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 14, 1-10. doi: 10.4236/gep.2026 ...

In the search for climate-friendly foods, scientists have spent decades reimagining what grows in the field. But a quieter question has lingered in the background: Will anyone actually want to eat it?

The hill people of Bangladesh have been moving to profitable cash crops for the last couple of decades, dropping traditional ...

With billions spent, is Iowa's water improving? Farm leaders say yes, but more work is needed. Others want changes — from tweaks to a transformation.

For many years, scientists have explained that soil erosion was caused by rain in a simple way: a raindrop falls and impacts against the soil making small grains of soil that go in different ...