Crop Protection Technology Evolves with AI, Spot Spraying and Autonomous Systems Amid Regulatory Pressure By Harald Kramer, ...

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at ...

Scientists have discovered how one of the world's most destructive plant diseases manages to slip past crops' defenses—a ...

The farmers of Maharashtra are grappling with an alarming crisis as continuous downpours devastate their crops, particularly onions, tomatoes, and pomegranates. Struggling to make ends meet, many are ...

With support from EU-funded researchers, farmers across Europe are adopting smarter and better integrated pest management that protects crops and cuts chemicals – without cutting profits.By Michaela ...

Mark Hanrahan cut open a Cosmic Crisp apple on his orchard north of Buena on a hazy morning in mid-September. With a spray of iodine, he could tell by the ensuing coloration the conversion of starch t ...

According to Carbon Brief, the most frequent types of extreme weather that destroyed crops in 2023-2024 were rain and floods, ...

Drones to aid soil health, pest control, and input efficiency High costs, skills gap challenge access for smallholder farmers The Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, through its Agricultural Information ...

A giant canvas bag full of seed hangs from a fork lift on the Crop Air tarmac in Eaton. It’s a mix of sorghum, rye, radishes and turnips, weighing in around 2,000 pounds. The fork ...

Green automation in farming means using smart technology, like robots and computers, to help grow food in a way that’s good ...

In 2024 alone, Kenya imported 309,300 metric tonnes of maize, an amount that could have been produced locally.

This story was originally published by The New Lede. Children whose mothers lived near farms and fields treated with certain pesticides during pregnancy have a higher risk of a deadly cancer that is ...