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SASKATOON ?" Farmers walk a fine line when it comes to adding phosphorus fertilizer to their fields. If they don't use enough, they risk lower yields. If they add too much, the excess can be lost to runoff and lead to potentially toxic algae bloo
The research team looked for ways to help farmers assess their soil carbon in a quick, inexpensive way. They evaluated a low-cost portable "reflectometer." The reflectometer the team evaluated collects infrared reflectance at ten wavelengths, whi
Due to their many branches, arbuscules have a high surface area. This allows the fungi to efficiently exchange many different nutrients with the plant. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are known for increasing uptake of phosphorous in the plants they int
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The lesson that California never learns
The declaration of a shortage by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has been anticipated for months and was triggered by the spiraling decline of Lake Mead, which stores water used by Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico.
Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation's farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform to help ease the problem.
The makers of robot weeders say the machines can reduce pesticide use and be part of a more sustainable food system
"Soil acidity and low concentrations of exchangeable calcium and magnesium are among the main factors that limit coffee yield," Soratto explains. "So we did a field experiment to test the effect of band application of limestone and phosphogypsu
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) -- A harvester rumbles through the fields in the early morning light, mowing down rows of corn and chopping up ears, husks and stalks into mulch for feed at a local dairy.
Science fiction has long floated the idea of a device that can produce any kind of object one can imagine. Star Trek called it a replicator, while other writers have referred to it as a Santa Claus Machine.
Tyson Foods Inc., the top chicken producer in the U.S., confirmed in an earnings call that food inflation continues to push prices higher.
Will this cause more food shortages? A fungus called phytophthora is infecting commercial and home vegetable gardens across the country. Here's how to diagnose and treat it in your own garden.
And So It Begins – 1000s Of Cattle Are Literally Dropping Dead From Starvation In Northern Mexico
African Swine Fever, which destroyed 70% of China's pork, has been confirmed in the Americas.
African Swine Fever, which destroyed 70% of China's pork, has been confirmed in the Americas.
African Swine Fever, which destroyed 70% of China's pork, has been confirmed in the Americas.
There is a common misconception that, once you miss the spring garden rush, it is too late to grow anything. This couldn't be farther from the truth!
We are halfway through our third gardening year here at Riverbend and we are really happy with the progress we've seen so far. Come take a look at our gardens!
As Brazil gets hit repeatedly by unusually low temperatures, destroying crops, the flooding in China, including Henan province -- which accounts for 10% of their grains production -- has damaged wheat, infrastructure, and thousands of large hog farms
If actors in the corporate food regime were required to internalize the true costs of production, according to a report by Family Farm Action Alliance,"their businesses would no longer be economically viable and they would not be competitive with ind
...increased their yield by more than half - and helped deepen roots for drought-resistance
On Tuesday, a wicked cold snap, with temperatures dropping below zero, delivered a massive blow to farmers across Brazil's coffee belt, damaging trees and destroying next year's crop, according to Reuters.
At a time when food prices are already rising aggressively, agricultural production in the United States is being absolutely devastated by a drought that many are calling "the worst" in American history.
Canadian farmers in different provinces reported massive damage to their crops as a result of a heatwave in the country.
A perfect storm of trouble--extreme dry conditions, a volatile commodity market, and climbing expenses--have millers and bakers passing on rising costs to customers.
Gardening can be tricky for even the most experienced gardeners. Joanna shares 7 of her biggest gardening mistakes and what she learned from them.
Africans have long been told that our agriculture is backward and should be abandoned for a 21st-century version of the Green Revolution that enabled India to feed itself.
Dr Doreen Boyd, a co-author, Rights Lab Associate Director, and Professor of Earth Observation at the University of Nottingham led the ESRC grant that supported this work. She said: "We have demonstrated how remote sensing data enables the identific
To get around that problem, researchers led by Luciana Gatti of the National Institute for Space Research in Sao Jose dos Campos in Brazil used aircraft to collect nearly 600 CO2 and carbon monoxide samples, from 2010 to 2018, at elevations up to 4.5
