(Beyond Pesticides, September 23, 2025) A study published in European Journal of Agronomy, based on a 16-year, long-term experiment (LTE), finds that organic crops (cotton production with wheat and ...

Emma Garnett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Purdue University has received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to explore the ecology of organic cropping systems ...

Robert Hart is a former London-based Forbes senior reporter. Fruit and vegetables grown on urban farms, which are often touted as a healthier and more sustainable, are often more carbon-intensive than ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 15, 2022) Industrial agriculture has both created and amplified the spread of the now highly problematic waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) plant, according to research ...

Controlling weeds remains vital in vegetable production. With rising labor costs and labor shortages, farmers continue to ...

As automation takes deeper root in specialty crop farming, XAG is advancing the movement with the global launch of the R ...

Photo illustration of agricultural sprinklers, assorted nuts and mackerel. It can be hard to visualize the amount of water it takes to produce a single pound of almonds or the meat used to make a ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated how large-scale livestock rearing may result in the emergence and transmission of novel, potentially zoonotic pathogens. They ...

As groundwater levels continue to decline and drought conditions persist, farmers in the Barind region are increasingly adopting crop diversification strategies focused on low-water-consuming and high ...