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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new method can remotely map crop types in low- or middle-income countries where agricultural data are sparse. The maps will help scientists and policymakers track global food supplies and estimate ...

Super Bowl favorites like wings, pizza and guacamole start on U.S. farms. Learn where game-day foods come from and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...