Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the ...

Researchers have assessed the value of urban agriculture and quantified its benefits at global scale. From a vacant plot in a blighted neighborhood springs neatly combed rows of plants put in by the ...

Rotating crops, conserving soil nutrients and deploying other strategies to “diversify” agriculture all at the same time can yield major benefits for the environment and people alike—including ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantzig, a global analytics solutions provider, has announced the completion of their latest article on the benefits of organic farming in the agricultural industry. Over ...

These are uncertain times for farmers. According to a recent USDA report, a global slump in production sent commodity prices soaring in 2022, resulting in the highest profits that many in the American ...

University of Michigan researchers evaluate an urban garden in Detroit. Credit: Dave Brenner, University of Michigan. A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and ...

BOULDER--Computer-based simulations of U.S. agriculture show that, by the year 2060, the benefits of climate change to American croplands could be less than previous work had indicated. A team of ...

If farmers could know what the weather will be like next month, next year or even further into the future, it might change their operational decisions substantially. That line of thinking has ...

A new policy brief, produced as part of the LAMASUS project, highlights that strategic agricultural de-intensification in the EU could help reduce agricultural carbon emissions by nearly a third and ...

The latest threat to SNAP funding came after weeks of confusion over the status of benefits during the government shutdown.

When raccoons kept stealing corn from the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin, Iowa State professor Christina Gish Hill said a woman told her the members simply decided to plant enough both parties. "She ...