Agriculture

Lettuce being grown as baby greens at Purdue University are harvested 15 days after planting seeds. Seeds are sown close together to minimize loss of photons between plants. Photo courtesy...

Release: Farmers Come to DC Asking Policymakers to Make Climate a Priority in the Farm Bill March 2, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net...

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice the wind on our skin; slight noises assume importance. In the dark, our senses are...

The herbicide paraquat was sold to farmers as revolutionary. Its introduction into the marketplace in 1962 coincided with a growing awareness of overplowing soil, year after year, until it degrades....

Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski discuss retailer visits, the projections for corn exports, and an extended deal for grain to leave the Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2NfsvQsZs Listen to the podcast version of...

TEXAS FARM BUREAU TESTIFIES ON RIGHT TO FARM PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT By Julie TomascikEditor, Texas Agriculture Daily Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) testified today before the Texas House Committee on Agriculture...

UC Davis postdoctoral scholar and vector-borne disease specialist Olivia Winokur of the Chris Barker lab won the $2600 Hollandsworth Prize for best student research presentation at the American Mosquito Control Association’s annual conference, held...

We bring you some of the best farm photos from March 24! Want to get listed in this daily feature? Be sure to hashtag your Instagram pics with #agdaily. Sponsored...

Survey to provide insight on emerging Controlled Environment Agriculture trends now live SEATTLE, WA March 20, 2023 – IUNU today released their fourth State of CEA Survey. This survey will...

In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign investments and ownership in privately held farmland emerged or...