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Diverse rotations and poultry litter improves soybean yield
May 22, 2017 (SPX)
Continuous systems, defined as continually producing a crop on the same parcel of land for more than three years, is thought to reduce yields. Given that crop r...
Norway to boost climate change defences of 'doomsday' seed vault
May 20, 2017 (AFP)
Situated deep inside a mountain on a remote Arctic island in a Norwegian archipelago, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, dubbed the "doomsday" vault, is the larges...
Plants call 911 to help their neighbors
May 18, 2017 (SPX)
"I knew I would have a lot to learn, but I was ready for that," says the 18-year-old from Wilmington, Delaware. Two years and dozens of experiments later, Sween...
Why did hunter-gatherers first begin farming?
May 18, 2017 (SPX)
Domesticated crops have been transformed almost beyond recognition in comparison with their wild relatives - a change that happened during the early stages of f...
Novel use of satnav saves precious water
May 17, 2017 (ESA)
The ambitious plan of former ESA employee Javier Marti is to tackle irrigation overuse, based on a concept developed at the agency's technology centre in the Ne...
Chinese exporting adulterated fish to Brazil: police
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
Investigators from the agriculture ministry in the southern state of Santa Catarina found local businesses selling adulterated pollock, hake and other imported ...
Tillage farming damaging earthworm populations
May 11, 2017 (SPX)
The scientists from the University of Vigo, Spain, and University College Dublin, Ireland, analysed 215 field studies from across 40 countries dating back as fa...
Syngenta shareholders accept ChemChina offer
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
The proposed merger is part of a broader wave of consolidation in the agro-chemicals sector that has worried environmental activists and farmers. At the closing...
Can edible insects help curb global warming?
May 04, 2017 (UPI)
New research quantifies the benefits edible insects could offer Earth's climate. If crickets and mealworms replaced half the world's meat consumption, agricultu...
Conservation agriculture offers tired soil remedies
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
Soil gets tired and hungry, too. How do growers know that? When the fields are not as productive. Maybe yields are down, or diseases infect the plants. The soil...
Scientists say agriculture is good for honey bees
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
The study, "Agricultural Landscape and Pesticide Effects on Honey Bee Biological Traits" which was published in a recent issue of the Journal of Economic Entomo...
Researchers track impact of Brazil's 'Soy Moratorium'
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
Using satellite imagery and unique ground-based information, the interface between highly mechanized agriculture and rainforest in Mato Grosso is shown with exc...
Urban farming flourishes in New York
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
In a "hothouse" of invention in a Brooklyn car park, each farms a container, growing plants and vying for local clients in the heady atmosphere of a start-up, f...
China-bound illegal donkey hide haul seized in Pakistan
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
Six people in a smuggling ring, including a Chinese national, have also been arrested in connection with the case, Israr Afridi, a police officer in the port ci...
Common pesticide damages honey bee's ability to fly
Apr 27, 2017 (SPX)
Previous research has shown that foraging honey bees that ingested neonicotinoid pesticides, crop insecticides that are commonly used in agriculture, were less ...
When Nature vents her wrath on grapes
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
But nowhere is the task bigger than in Argentina's Mendoza region, where vintners duel "the whole gamut of natural hazards" -- not least frequent earthquakes, a...
Rivers of blood orange: Juice floods Russian town
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
The roof of a warehouse at a PepsiCo plant in the town of Lebedyan, some 320 kilometres (199 miles) south of Moscow, collapsed on Tuesday, injuring two people a...
A novel form of iron for fortification of foods
Apr 26, 2017 (SPX)
Boosting iron levels through the diet or supplements is tricky, as the iron must be in a form that the body is able to absorb successfully. Iron is also a trace...
Startup cooking up silkworm noodles for Chinese meals
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
The managing director of Shanghai-based startup incubator Bits and Bites was at the TED conference in Vancouver on Wednesday as part of a mission to promote sus...
Climatic effect of irrigation over the Yellow River basin
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
"The large-scale agricultural irrigation is an important process in the utilization of water resources in Yellow River basin," said Dr. CHEN Liang, an assistant...
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