Urban agriculture benefits worth $33 billion worldwide
In Arizona, the urban agriculture phenomenon has grown for many reasons, each specific to the plot of land it covers. While most of the...
The BioAg Alliance announces biological seed treatments to improve crop harvests
In Denmark and Missouri, The BioAg Alliance, Monsanto’s and Novozymes’ collaboration to improve crop harvests through products containing naturally-occurring microbes, announced an updated research...
Two types of crop models are better than one to predict climate change effects
In Illinois, scientists now have a new tool to predict the future effects of climate change on crop yields. Researchers from University of Illinois...
The peanut’s genetic code is on the map
In Virginia, an international group of agricultural scientists have mapped the genetic code of the peanut. According to The Peanut Foundation, the culmination of a...
NewLeaf Symbiotics Receives Second US Patent.
Ag biologicals company gains patent for M-troph technology
In Missouri, The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted agricultural biologicals company NewLeaf Symbiotics its second...
Speed breeding breakthrough for more resilient crops
In the UK, teams at the John Innes Centre, University of Queensland and University of Sydney developed a speed breeding platform to speed up...
DNM Farms partners with Global Growables for year-round greens
In California, Global Growables and DNM Farms partnered to locate the first Mobile Growable unit at DNM Farms. Made from refurbished freight containers, the...
Forest crews wage war on the southern pine beetle
In Mississippi, forest restoration crews are focused on eliminating the southern pine beetle, an insect the size of a grain of rice that is...
Ontario partners with Lakehead University for long-term agri-food sustainability
In Canada, Ontario is transferring the operating and research programming of the Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station to Lakehead University to help foster innovation...
Researchers chart the potato’s lineage to reveal historic hybridization events
In Virginia, a team of researchers has charted the potato’s lineage in order to learn how the potato was domesticated and how its DNA...