In the rugged Tumacácori mountain region 45 minutes south of Tucson, the Wild Chile Botanical Area (WCBA) was established in 1999 to protect and study the chiltepin pepper—the single wild relative of ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences, and Imtiyaz Khanday, an assistant ...

While there are plenty of reasons for farmers to consider using cover crops, it can sometimes be a challenge knowing where to start and which factors to keep in mind to ensure the best results for the ...

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 ...

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Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that applications are now being accepted for 2026 Specialty Crop Grants.

Let there be light within the bowels of a combine. Blue LED light is a non-chemical weapon capable of stunting the growth of herbicide-resistant weed seeds, but what if LED technology could be ...

In a remarkable fusion of traditional agriculture and cutting-edge space exploration, seeds of six crop varieties from Kerala will take flight aboard the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International ...

“At the end of the day, the farmers, they just want to conduct business, not necessarily have to get these packages,” one agricultural economist said.