Bi-weekly Purdue Extension hosts a Field Crop Update for Extension Educators and Specialists. These updates are usually shared online via the Purdue on the Farm and/or the Purdue Extension – Putnam ...

Bright lights, big field. Mikey Taylor drives around a bend, heading home at 7:30 p.m. on a fall night, and spots four lights glowing in the ink, 40 yards into a field fronting his Delta farm. In the ...

Amoebas. These single-celled microorganisms are now at the heart of one of agriculture’s latest biological innovation – a bio-fungicide capable of protecting wheat and other cereal crops from ...

of various growth stages (left). It can then, based on a single initial photo of another field, model how the crop will develop (center; the images show how the variation of certain crop parameters ...

As farmers begin to rein in production costs, big ticket items such as fertilizer naturally get a lot of scrutiny. Agronomists at this year’s Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College say that’s ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla say they have pinpointed a rapid, built‑in immune program that kicks in as soon as thirsty plants get water again. The team has dubbed the response drought ...

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With new federal and industry funding, the Diverse Field Crops Cluster (DFCC) is focused on increasing environmental sustainability in Canada’s agriculture ...

The University of Delaware Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown invited the agriculture community to attend Agronomic, Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Poultry tours on Thursday, Aug. 14, ...

Solar panels are no longer just lining barn roofs and field edges, they are rising directly above rows of vegetables, orchards and vineyards, reshaping how food and power are produced on the same ...

BASEL, Switzerland & CHASSIEU, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amoebas. These single-celled microorganisms are now at the heart of one of agriculture’s latest biological innovation – a bio-fungicide capable ...