On clear, still nights, when the sky acts as a heat sink drawing warmth upward from the soil, the difference between crop survival and crop loss can come down to a few degrees of retained heat. For ...

Regenerative agriculture has been around for centuries. In more recent years, grocery brands have been adopting the ...

If you plan to or are already utilizing natural solutions in your vegetable garden, you should know about companion planting, trap crops, and cover crops. Each one is an organic way to help boost ...

Florida farmers use unique and expensive methods from helicopters to dirt, to protect their crops from winter freezes. Learn ...

1. Fill a Bucket: Place a handful of compost or worm castings in a porous bag (like an old pillowcase) and submerge it in a ...

Abstract: Crop mapping is urgently required for crop monitoring to ensure food security. To address challenges of limited sample availability, as well as the inability of single-year field survey ...

"They're very destructive when there's a lot of them, but one-on-one, what's not to love?" says Arianne Cease. She's talking about locusts. As the director of Arizona State University's Global Locust ...

Pacific Northwest farmers can feel paralyzed choosing cover crops, since there are dozens of viable options in some regions and significant costs for seed. “It can be overwhelming,” said Nick Andrews, ...

It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. “Because we’ve always done it that way,” in some cases, has merit and has ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...

A great way to stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. 👍 When Levi Lyle was just six years old, his father was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. With treatment, his father survived his ...