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Taking advantage of an enzyme mutation to help soybeans fight a billion-dollar pest
Beneath the surface of soybean fields, an invisible threat is costing farmers billions. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri are uncovering how nature itself may hold the key to fighting back. The soybean cyst nematode—a microscopic worm that attacks plant roots and sip
Global boom in livestock farming since 2006 is piling pressure on nature, report finds
Wildlife at risk as demand for cropland and water grows to feed 50% rise in farmed animals, campaign alliance saysThe number of mammals and poultry farmed worldwide has increased by half in the last two decades, research shows, and the amount of cropland used for feeding livestoc
AI could bring satellite crop monitoring to the world's most vulnerable farms
AI could bring satellite crop monitoring to the world's most vulnerable farms
Small farms grow much of the world's food, but from space they are nearly invisible. Their fields are tiny and ill-defined, and the satellite tools built to track crops were designed for the large, uniform fields of industrial agriculture, not the sub-hectare plots that feed many
Abandoned farmland restored to wildflower meadow without sowing seeds
Abandoned farmland can be transformed into wildflower-rich grassland habitat without the need for expensive and labor-intensive seeding, a new study by UCL researchers finds.
Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024The UK government breached environmental law on several occasions when granting farmers permission to use a bee-killing pesticide, a watchdog has found.In 2023
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Fighting an emerging threat to strawberry crops
A few years ago, Austin Wrenn noticed something unsettling in his strawberry greenhouses at Wrenn's Farm in Zebulon, North Carolina. He was one of the first growers in the state to experience losses from an unexpected, aggressive fungal pathogen known as Neopestalotiopsis, or Neo
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The discovery of an ancient child's skull sheds light on the early prehistoric farmers of
Researchers from the University of Bergen have uncovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old child in a cave site on Norway's west coast. "The find offers rare and important insight into the first agricultural population in Norway, and we hope that analysis of the bone material will
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Why put solar panels on green space when we could put them over car parks?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers a hot topic within renewable energyThis week’s replies: Are there places on Earth where humans haven’t been?I would like to know why we build solar farms over green space, when we could just put th
A new approach to measuring sheep liveweight
A new approach to measuring sheep liveweight
Sheep farmers could soon be able to estimate their flock's live weight and fleece weight in real time, without the need for labor-intensive handling. The new system, being developed by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, will capture measurements in real time as animals m
Farmers 'vindicated' after judge's ruling on pylon firm accessing land
Groups representing landowners claimed they were "frightened" by agents turning up on their farms. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Agro.
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Four new groups of indigenous cacao varieties discovered in Peru
A new genetic analysis of hundreds of cacao trees representing traditional Amazonian varieties grown on farms across Peru has revealed four previously unidentified, genetically distinct groups. Lambert Motilal, with colleagues from the Cocoa Research Center, The University of the
Bringing rice back to Hawaiʻi: Japanese cultivars yield high-quality grains in just three
In a major step toward enhancing food security and exploring the potential to bring rice farming back to Hawaiʻi, an international research team has successfully cultivated premium Japanese rice varieties on Kauaʻi using a water-saving, upland cultivation method. The rice matured