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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two Oregon State University researchers have discovered a microscopic soil-dwelling nematode on the Corvallis campus that could be an important tool against invasive slugs that cause billions of dollars ...

The company BBLeap has developed a sprayer that steers and sprays at plant level. The first machine was tested on potatoes last summer. The experiences are good. The two faces behind BBLeap are Peter ...

Consumer buying habits have a significant impact in how much water is used in agriculture Modern agriculture puts an enormous emphasis on efficiency — from the resources used to grow crops to ...

At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen from the air and melding it with hydrogen. It would prove to ...

Sure, robots are a hot topic, but what could all this autonomous tech really mean for farming? I’m not sure agriculture has seen a more amazing time, at least perhaps since iron ...

Hoarding is unacceptable behavior in most shops. If every mechanic saves leftover parts and salvaged treasures, before long the shop and grounds look like a salvage yard. The general rule is, if ...

In order to propose a credible alternative to intensive agriculture (a model inherited from the 1960s with disastrous environmental consequences), drone startups are developing unmanned machines, using cutting-edge technologies to help farmers ...

The Wayside, just off the Heyburn exit, serves a decent burger and killer apple pie. It’s packed in here, as it is every day at noon, but it’s still one of those ...

The history of Patatas Ama was born in 1989 in Piñeira Seca, in a rural agrarian plain watered by the Limia River and belonging to the Xinzo de Limia Region, in Orense. This ...

Questions of data replication are now being asked by those concerned about data ownership. Questions around data ownership have been long discussed in and outside the agriculture sector – but are they ...

Can intelligent technology help ensure value chains can continue to function uninterrupted in the face of a future pandemic? How can we cost-effectively collect and utilize soil data to automate variable rate ...

Nutrient management is the key to sound agronomic practices and how those practices affect crop production and the environment. Food and agriculture together is the top industry in Ohio, and it employs ...

The severity – and timing – of recent autumn downpours has illustrated the impact of a changing climate on farms and underlined the importance of long-term investment in land drainage, said industry ...

THESE FAMILY-OWNED FARMLAND ENTERPRISES DEMONSTRATE RESILIENCE AND RESOURCEFULNESS. Who operates the largest working farms in the U.S. and what do they grow? The Land Report, the magazine of the American landowner, produces ...

As produce growers struggle to improve food safety practices and mandatory reporting, one possible link attributed to foodborne illness outbreaks in leafy greens in the past decade is being addressed in a ...

Costa Rican farmers have a new potato variety, dubbed "Palmira", which has optimal characteristics for the market This was announced by agriculture and livestock minister Renato Alvarado on Wednesday in conjunction with ...

Obsession over expenses, old-school work ethic propel Louisiana farmer Sam Ross is the first into the farming fray. Look for the spot where the most work is in progress on the farm, ...

I have an old friend – I guess all of the are old now – who helps us at harvest driving a truck. He commutes to our farm from about 50 miles ...

The day I became a farmer, I became less important in the eyes of other people and society—and the experience led me to understand the value of telling stories about agriculture as ...

After losing two nights of sleep over shrinking potato yields, Kevin Grass rolled out of bed at 3 a.m. on a late-September morning and began crunching numbers to figure out how he’s ...

POCATELLO — Interest in the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s annual specialty crop program was up considerably this year compared with last year. ISDA has announced it will award a total of ...

This is the cold desert of the landlocked Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh where you won't drop the idea of trade as its disease-free potatoes are virtually selling like hotcakes despite the ...

Grower-shippers of Red River Valley potatoes offer a selection of consumer packs — most commonly 3- and 5-pounders — in addition to the larger-sized sacks, cartons and totes they ship to retail, wholesale and ...

Major stakeholders in agricultural mechanisation have called for the adoption of a value chain approach to mechanisation as one of the best options towards attaining high productivity in agriculture on the continent. ...

The Bender clan are potato people. From raising tubers especially for potato chips to the everyday table spud, they are experts in growing America’s most popular root vegetable. Given that, it should ...