With the ongoing debate of tillage versus soil conservation methods, farmers have had to weigh whether they’d rather achieve a higher yield or practice good land management. However, according to a ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — There’s a new farm process and product that regulates gene pathways in crops, which would increase biomass and increase yields. Soybean geneticist Ken Paige is the man behind ...

The joint venture will focus on canola and other cover crops to produce seed-based feedstock for biofuels. Source: Corteva ...

A new study from South Dakota State University reveals reductions in tillage intensity have led to an increase in soil organic carbon levels and an increase in corn and soybean yields. Corn and ...

Despite shifting market signals, some economists predict corn will remain the undisputed king of the acreage race.

Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed and combined a new nanoplastic and biodegradable mulch to passively cool greenhouses in hot, arid climates like ...

Anglo American’s polyhalite product, POLY4, reportedly can improves crop yield by up to 5% compared to conventional ...

Nanomaterials can reduce accumulation of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury by 38% while increasing harvests by 23%, finds international research team led by UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – One of the ...

On Oct. 23, a study published in Nature's Scientific Reports addressed an escalating problem worldwide: unpredictable crop yields on an overheating planet. "Climatic variability and recurrent drought" ...

An Oct. 20 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a graph that shows global wheat, rice and coarse grain production has increased along with global temperatures and atmospheric CO2 levels ...