Success with improving a plant’s response to harsh conditions is leading plant molecular researchers to move to food crops including wheat and rice.
Syngenta announced $2 billion will be spent over the next five years to help farmers prepare for and tackle the increasing threats posed by climate change.
Tonight, the top 10 Democratic presidential candidates will meet at the CNN Town Hall to discuss climate change and agriculture.
In recognition of the crucial role soybeans play in U.S. agriculture, FARR awarded a $942,000 Seeding Solutions Grant to improve soybean crop resiliency.
As the fervor over many controversial ag topics thaws, climate change seems to be getting catapulted to the lead of the social discussion.
There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to crop production and farming success, especially when the climate and individual weather events are involved. So it’s with great interest that the University of Minnesota, in partnership with researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Copenhagen, used weather and reported crop data to evaluate […]
The Green New Deal calls on the U.S. to take a leading role in reducing emissions but farmers are already well ahead of this curve.
The 2018 World Resources Report “Creating a Sustainable Food Future” outlines projections offering both promise and peril for those in agriculture.
A recent report on climate change showed agriculture could be changing, some for the good – increased yields due to warmer temps, but an overall decline.
University of Illinois scientists now have a new tool to predict the future effects of climate change on crop yields. Researchers are attempting to bridge two types of computational crop models to become more reliable predictors of crop production in the U.S. Corn Belt. “One class of crop models is agronomy-based and the other is […]