Agriculture

The techniques could allow us to easily manipulate the look, feel, taste and nutritional content of fruit and vegetables to rapidly create higher quality products.

They may cost 16 jobs across other industries for every steel or aluminum job created.

"We see a distinctive pattern of the wet land areas of the world getting wetter...and the dry areas in between getting dryer."

Ten thousand years ago, farmers set this legume up for a fall.

Between 25 and 41 percent of nitrogen oxide is emanating from agricultural lands in California.

Japanese farmers created the new fruit using a centuries-old method.

The system, dated to around the 3rd or 4th century A.D. and lost for centuries, lies in the foothills of the Tian Shan Mountains.

Scientists were able to grow plants so quickly that one colleague couldn't believe it.

Pepsi Co. has called allegations it unlawfully took the agriculture watchdog's files "absurd" and it is not the first time the two have clashed.

Neolithic women have not been given enough credit, researchers said.

Dutch scientists observed the reproduction of the worms in the soil while growing arugula.

North Korea's health problems were highlighted by the defection of one soldier to the South.

Recent reports linked Clovis to George Papadopoulous, the ex-Trump foreign policy adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the Russia probe.

The royal ceremony is an ancient Brahminical rite that heralds the start of the new rice-growing season.

Trump won nearly two-thirds of the rural vote in November, with big agricultural states including Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio and Indiana all lining up for the Republican.

The world is running out of clean, drinkable water.

Scott Pruitt has thundered against EPA farm regulations and Terry Branstad is enmeshed with Iowa's agribusiness interests.

Soil health and biodiversity get far less attention compared to the focus on pesticides and synthetic fertilizer.

The estimated global population will be 9 billion in 2050. Can we feed them?

Twitter has erupted with theories and memes, but Google says there is a simple explanation.

Agriculture has made major impact on animals, birds, fish and plants in last 40 years.

The suicide rate for men in the farming, fishing and forestry industries in certain states is higher than that of veterans, two unrelated reports indicate.

East Africa is already the hungriest place on Earth, and climate change threatens to compound its problems by raising temperatures and disrupting the seasonal rains.

A study shows that developing nations are the most vulnerable to damage from invasive species, and countries at the center of global trade are the most responsible for the spread of the pests.

Food waste is not just wasted potential in feeding the hungry. It’s adding emissions to the atmosphere for something we don’t even use.

Tomato waste from Florida has the potential to power Disney World for 90 days

Research shows that nitrogen builds up in agricultural soils for decades and poses a longer-term threat than previously known.

Spreading human feces on agricultural fields is common practice.

Study showing how salmon born in hatcheries adapt to their environment could help improve their reproductive success in the wild.

Glyphosate is the best-selling herbicide of all time, and it’s concerning scientists and health experts.