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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the ...
Growing up my family always planted our vegetable garden in late May, with all the various seeds and seedlings going in the ...
Weather during much of the period from 2020 through 2024 took center stage, influencing the world’s commodity trade and threatening agriculture in South America, parts of Asia, Europe and especially ...
Irrigation is the lifeblood of many ag operations and to the High Pains economy, Ken Eriksen writes in his cover story.
Results of a new study from Michigan State University suggest farmers no longer have to choose between growing crops and ...
In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one ha of land ...
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a ...
The abrupt cancellation of a beloved farm-to-school grant program threatens food access, school gardens, and small farms ...
The endless old sayings about when to plant are never failsafe, but there is ancient understanding of the natural world, and following its cycles can improve your odds, no matter what kind of gardener ...
We asked plant people throughout Lancaster County what plant made them excited about gardening and growing last year.
NPK Recovery, a start-up based in Bristol, will process it into safe fertiliser for wheat, a crop hungry for urine's nitrogen ...
A majority of migrants here in Northwest Ohio are here legally. And one local farmer said they do a lot more than you realize for our economy and food supply.