(Beyond Pesticides, September 23, 2025) A study published in European Journal of Agronomy, based on a 16-year, long-term experiment (LTE), finds that organic crops (cotton production with wheat and ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 9, 2025) In the Journal of Environmental Quality, researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report that a 4-year organically managed corn-soybean-oat system ...

Tropical Agricultural Areas Face Unprecedented Pollinator Collapse The hardest hit regions appear to be sub-Saharan Africa, northern South America, and Southeast Asia, where localized risk is highest ...

Photo illustration of agricultural sprinklers, assorted nuts and mackerel. It can be hard to visualize the amount of water it takes to produce a single pound of almonds or the meat used to make a ...

A new report by IPES-Food shows how investors and agribusiness are taking control of water in Latin America by purchasing rights to land or water to secure access and grow water-intensive crops, such ...

One of the best ways to improve as a farmer is to experiment with different products and application and seeding rates. Following harvest, you collect and analyze the data, and now you have data from ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function; for example, not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. These are the conclusions of a ...

Studying corn, understanding its nutrient and water needs, and taking a timely approach to agronomic practices builds crop yields, says this south-Georgia farmer. In Randy Dowdy’s experience, good ...

California farmers could save massive amounts of water if they planted less thirsty -- but also less lucrative -- crops instead of almonds, alfalfa and other water-guzzling crops, according to new ...

The US agricultural sector—especially farms producing labor-intensive crops such as fruits, vegetables, and horticultural products—relies on unauthorized immigrants to perform many seasonal and ...

The practice of “double-farming” paddy has been draining the region’s water table. Many farmers, too, support the ban.