Food security has quietly moved from a development issue to a core strategic concern for governments, markets, and societies, ...

Nitrogen (ammonia) fertilizers, synthesized from natural gas and atmospheric nitrogen, have joined phosphorus and potassium in supercharging soils. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide spurs plant ...

The International Food Information Council Foundation recently released its annual survey of public views toward food and nutrition. For the first time, concern about chemicals on food went up and ...

Overview:  Seeing crop stress early changes everything. When problems are spotted days before visible damage, farmers can act ...

QINHUANGDAO, HEBEI, CHINA, January 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global agricultural industry is undergoing a ...

It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics. 12 million tons are used every year. But what about the consequences for the environment? An international team of authors addresses ...

This week, I received an email from a reader in response to last week’s column on three ways to grow agriculture advocacy. The opening line of the email said: “Does that mean you don't want to hear ...

Agriculture does not necessitate a tractor and hand check anymore. Since farmers and land managers are encountering increased ...

Agriculture is under attack. Environmentalists label modern farming as unsustainable, blaming farming for polluting the planet and destroying the climate. But today’s food is abundant and nutritious—a ...

The biggest source of methane, a heat-trapping gas that contributes to our warming planet, is, by and large, agriculture, which produces 3.55 billion tons of methane per year, according to Our World ...

Return to the root: "Traditional agriculture in Appalachia was highly local," says James Veteto, of the Appalachian Institute for Mountain Studies. Photo by Hayley Benton. Historically, food systems ...

The patchwork of circles and squares that make up the farmlands of the American West are a familiar scene to frequent flyers. Those circles — caused by center-pivot irrigation — are a common ...