For centuries, nutrient-rich animal manure has been used to enrich the soil and boost crop production. Traditionally, cow and ...

A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed large differences in ...

As Michigan visits Assembly Hall on Saturday, Dusty May returns to a place he once was a student-manager. Here's May's journey from Greene County to Indiana to Michigan.

The country produced 11.7 million tonnes of maize in the 2023/24 season, which is nearly double what it produced two years ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...

Caio Vieira is the lead author of a study offering more insight into how soybean plants respond to flooding in the critical early reproductive stage when the plant begins to flower.

The landscape of farming in Kenya's Nyandarua and Laikipia Counties has undergone a dramatic transformation as changing weather patterns disrupt generations-old agricultural practices.Where farms once ...

The Casarabe society of pre-Columbian Amazonia engineered an advanced water management system, enabling year-round maize ...

In response to the effects of climate change, Sr. Juunza Mwangani, who is the project manager of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit, recognized opportunity among the people of southern Zambia, who are ...

UNICEF is mainstreaming climate-smart programming to protect and empower young people, mitigate negative impacts and ...