Tradition, expensive equipment investments, ongoing seed contracts and establishing a rotation between crops are in the mix. The decision to plant an eight- to nine-month crop like cotton is ...

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Researchers have found a protein that causes disease in wheat crops and is one the most significant contributors to crop yield declines. According to Phys.org, fungal diseases are among the five ...

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt concentrations in water and soil, high levels can reduce their yield or ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The European Union is planning tougher restrictions on imported crops treated with pesticides banned in Europe, a draft European Commission document showed ...

What if we actually grew, processed, and exported our crops? We’d feed ourselves, create jobs, and boost the economy, he said. Food security starts with using what we’ve got and starting from where we ...