Agricultural Production/Economics

F. David Kirkpatrick honored by Beef Improvement FederationCredit: Photo by M. Wilson, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Two generations of farmers have benefited from the knowledge, expertise and commitment of one University of…

Impasse over dominant and counter approaches -- state-led or market-led policy -- to promote agricultural development in Africa could be solved by analyzing the one-sided narratives that shape this dichotomy.Credit: CIAT/G.Smith …

Sydney-led consortium wins $3M Google Earth licence for Paddy WatchCredit: University of Sydney Google Earth, the Group on Earth Observations and the University of Sydney will develop the world's first real-time monitoring…

New sensor technology improves poultry welfareCredit: Amy Murillo/UCR Blood-feeding livestock mites can be detected with wearable sensor technology nicknamed "Fitbits for chickens." To help farmers detect mite infestations, a…

Credit: Jason Koski/Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Fueled by year-round market demand for local food and by advancements in greenhouse technology, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is a rapidly growing field. In this intensive…

ITHACA, N.Y. - Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either risk more revenue volatility, or live with a more…

A new study warns that the last remaining habitat for several endangered bird species in Europe could reduce by up to 50 per cent in the next century as farmers convert land to more profitable crops and meet increased demand for products…

ITHACA, N.Y. - The costs of implementing food safety practices to prevent foodborne illnesses have been viewed as a threat to the financial well-being of small farms, which must pay a higher percentage of their annual sales than larger…

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals how plants create the load-bearing structures that let them grow - much like how building crews frame a house. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the new…

Credit: West Virginia University As demand increases for sustainable and environmentally friendly energy and products, the Mid-Atlantic region with its abundance of forests and abandoned mine land is poised to grow its…

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Genetically speaking, the loaf of bread you stress-baked during the COVID-19 shutdown is more complex than you think. Wheat's 16 billion genes, organized in not one but…

Credit: Sukhbir Singh In the semi-arid Texas High Plains, growers and producers are concerned about the sustainability of beef and dairy industries, which rely heavily on irrigated corn for feed-grain and silage. A main source of…

The protein could help develop drought-resistant plant varieties and products that reduce losses related to climate change.Credit: GCCRC Researchers affiliated with the Genomics for Climate Change Research Center (GCCRC), hosted by…

Large blocks of 'plug and play' genes play a super-sized role in adaption-and may help fill lingering gaps in Darwin's theoriesCredit: Credit: Nolan C. Kane, University of Colorado Boulder. Massive blocks of…

Rutgers-led research traces the invasion to at least three self-cloning females from northeastern AsiaCredit: Jim Occi Asian longhorned ticks outside the U.S. can carry debilitating diseases. In the United States and elsewhere they can…

As increasing areas of the Amazonian rainforest are converted into agricultural land, scientists are examining how this is linked with local communities' food accessCredit: © CIAT Ten years ago, non-indigenous households from three…

Rutgers-led research highlights lesser-known options with fewer trade-offsCredit: Pamela McElwee/Rutgers University-New Brunswick How can some of world's biggest problems - climate change, food security and land degradation - be…

Credit: Surinder Chopra/Penn State Flavonoids from a specific line of corn act as anti-inflammatory agents in the guts of mice with an inflammatory-bowel-disease-like condition, according to a team of researchers who said…

Study provides a roadmap for fine-tuning yield traits in corn ST. LOUIS, MO, July 7, 2020 - Growth and development of all organisms depends on coordinated regulation of gene expression in time and space, and this is largely controlled by…

Grapevine is infected by more than 90 viruses, with new viral species discovered yearly as a result of the newer technology introduced by High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Within the last decade, HTS is used for virome identification (the…