As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Advances in agricultural technology serve one purpose: Efficiency. Behemoth machines traverse fields — mostly by themselves. Sensors track myriad elements, from soil density to crop moisture. Drones ...

Drones have become integrated into everyday life over the past decade—in sectors as diverse as entertainment, health care and ...

As the world population continues to grow and the human population becomes more urbanized, there is an increasing demand for food. This has led to a rise in the use of agricultural technology and ...

Personnel from Mississippi State and Leading Edge Aerial Technologies ready a spray drone for the field. (Photo by David Ammon) STARKVILLE, Miss.—The latest precision and automated agricultural ...

Rita Herzog (MBA/MENV'24) earned a competitive spot in the inaugural cohort of the ClimateCAP Fellowship. That program involved completing a research project, the output of which is below. In a world ...

This is the second in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture. John Boelts is president of Arizona Farm Bureau. He continues a ...

In this opinion piece, University of Nebraska President Jeffrey P. Gold and University of Nebraska–Lincoln Interim Harlan ...

Lee Nunn has the first tractor his grandfather ever bought sitting at his farm in Madison, about an hour east of Atlanta: a 1968 John Deere 4020 that's gleaming green and still runs like a dream. At ...

A recent Cornell University study found that farming productivity has fallen 21 percent since the 1960s due to climate change. Farmland impacts biodiversity and the earth’s ability to absorb carbon ...