For the last several decades, the default path for American farmers and ranchers has been increasing specialization of the agricultural activities on their operations. In 1949, American farmers ...

Members come together to host a variety of educational workshops and PAC Field Days for producers/farmers, commercial and industry personnel, and governmental agencies, as well as programs that offer ...

Researchers developed software that can simulate the growth of field crops. To do this, they fed thousands of photos from field experiments into a learning algorithm. This enabled the algorithm to ...

Bi-weekly Purdue Extension hosts a Field Crop Update for Extension Educators and Specialists. These updates are usually shared online via the Purdue on the Farm and/or the Purdue Extension – Putnam ...

BackgroundCrop production is facing increasing pressure to maintain high productivity under biotic and abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, ...

BASEL, Switzerland & CHASSIEU, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amoebas. These single-celled microorganisms are now at the heart of one of agriculture’s latest biological innovation – a bio-fungicide capable ...

I’m sure many of us are more than happy to close the 2024 season and pray for more timely rains in 2025. This year, margins are looking to be just as, if not tighter, than last year. Over the last ...

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With new federal and industry funding, the Diverse Field Crops Cluster (DFCC) is focused on increasing environmental sustainability in Canada’s agriculture ...

Early planted corn in Indiana is reaching late vegetative stages and tasseling in the south. Therefore, it is time to start monitoring for diseases to make an informed decision if a fungicide is ...

Human existence boils down to one brutal fact: however much food you have, it’s enough to last for the rest of your life. Finding your next meal has always been the central organizing fact of life, ...

Coastal cropland across Delmarva is facing a growing challenge — saltwater intrusion and inundation (SWI). Tidal flooding and storm surges are pushing salty water onto field edges (inundation), while ...

of various growth stages (left). It can then, based on a single initial photo of another field, model how the crop will develop (center; the images show how the variation of certain crop parameters ...