The 2024 crop was big but not quite as large as USDA originally forecast last fall. In its annual crop production report, the agency released its final tally for 2024. USDA says the 2024 corn crop ...

The July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from USDA isn’t a major market moving report historically, and the latest report was no different. With no major surprises in USDA’s ...

Field results underscore their potential; nothing proves ROI like performance in the field. Beyond yield, biopesticides deliver hidden economic benefits. Reduced spray frequency, improved crop quality ...

Drones monitoring fields for weeds and robots targeting and treating crop diseases may sound like science fiction but is actually happening already, at least on some experimental farms. Researchers ...

Modern agriculture highly depends on the achievements of crop domestication and improvement. While these activities increase yields, they also reduce the genetic diversity of crops. At the same time, ...

The global production of six major food and animal feed crops (corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, cassava, and millet) has dramatically increased and far outpaced world population growth between 1961 and ...

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants. Exploring sugarcane's ...

Teagasc director, Professor Frank O’Mara has highlighted the continuing challenges that face the tillage sector in the Republic of Ireland, writes Richard Halleron.