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The USDA projects South Dakota farmers will plant 6.2 million acres of corn and 5.1 million acres of soybeans.
New crop corn and soybean ending stock estimates were lower than pre-report trade expectations in the U.S. Department of ...
WASHINGTON — A first-look at the 2025-2026 crop balance sheet was rolled out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on May 12.
The processing tomato company Morning Star developed a system called Gradient for irrigating their tomatoes.
In the fight against climate change, tree planting as a natural climate solution is a popular policy and land-use initiative ...
The Institute of Soil & Soul in Long Grove grows fruits and vegetables like others, but its restorative farming practices are ...
Vertical farming can do more than lettuce. A research team has investigated the cultivation of six food groups in vertical farming: Crops, algae, mushrooms, insects, fish and cultivated meat.
About 70% of the poor in sub-Saharan Africa live in rural areas. Most (65% to 70%) are employed in agriculture. Agriculture also contributes 30%-40% to the gross domestic product (GDP).
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Vertical farming can substantially increase protein yields per area—up to 300-fold for crops and over 6,000-fold for mushrooms and insects—while reducing ...
On a Friday at a farmers' market in Dhaka, 23-year-old Moazzem Hossain was sitting behind a display of eggplants, pointed gourd, carrot, lettuce, Chinese cabbage and a bundle of celery, a lesser ...
Plenty Richmond Farm in Chesterfield, Va., is getting a lot of attention these days, and for very good reason. It’s doing something that’s never been done in a place you might not expect ...
Global agriculture must supply almost 70 percent more food before 2050, yet farmers face shrinking water resources, erratic weather, and rising input costs. Internet of Things (IoT) technology ...