Lawn herbicides can volatilize when applied during hot weather. The vapors drift through the air and can cause plant damage ...

This instability can directly lead to price increases at the grocery store. US farmers struggle to face unprecedented threats to key crop: 'It really is kind of like a 1-2-3 punch' first appeared on ...

Areas affected by severe weather and tornados in the past couple of weeks will have seen some damage to the crop. Farmers ...

Researchers created burgers from sunflower flour that offer a tasty, nutritious, and eco-friendly meat alternative.

A new technique for creating fruit and vegetables with the skin of one variety and the flesh of another could make crops more resistant to pests and droughts. A lot of the fruit and vegetables we ...

Some kinds of plants need a cold period in order to flower and produce fruit or seeds for the following growing season. ... Many of our common farm and garden crops go through vernalization.

To demonstrate what kinds of gains are possible in food crops, Long points to the remarkable progress made in research on maize, nearly 80% of which is used in ethanol production and to feed ...