Using old tree rootstock to make new apple trees increases resistance to disease and...
In New York, geneticists with the Agricultural Research Service are working with one of the ancestors of the world’s first apple trees from Kazakhstan...
Mathematics prove the value of precision agriculture for hand-picked specialty crops
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois used mathematics to prove the potential for financial rewards by applying precision agriculture techniques to hand-picked...
New discovery finds rocks produce more than a quarter of the nitrogen available to...
In California, the prevailing science has indicated that all of the nitrogen on Earth available to plants comes from the atmosphere. But a study...
Tomato juice can taste better by adding tomato essence
In Florida, University of Florida scientists are working on making your tomato juice taste better by extracting tomato essence and then adding it back...
Now, cow emissions can be more accurately estimated
In Pennsylvania, leading the worldwide effort to get a better handle on methane emissions from animals, an international consortium of researchers devised more accurate...
Research shows ancient agriculture changed Earth’s climate
In Wisconsin, millennia ago, ancient farmers cleared land to plant wheat and maize, potatoes and squash. And unknowingly, they may have been fundamentally altering...
Eating walnuts activates the hunger regulator part of your brain
In Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind brain imaging study showed consuming walnuts activates an area in the brain associated with regulating hunger and cravings. Packed with...
Carbon taxes can cut GHG emissions while being economically fair
In Massachusetts, researchers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory conducted an extensive analysis of several proposals and concluded that putting a price...
Low cost, disposable graphene nanoparticle strips detect pesticides instantaneously in the field
In Iowa, a team at Iowa State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering created a flexible, low cost and disposable biosensor that can detect pesticides...
High-tech farming works in rural communities, too
In Arizona, technologies that allow astronauts and polar explorers to grow fresh foods in space and Antarctica can benefit rural communities, too. Dr. Gene...