Good news for the agriculture industry. Robotics have become more affordable, smarter and easier to operate. Soft fruits like strawberries can be picked mechanically now. Harvest CROO Robotics in ...

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Chairman Timothy Rhodd (right) and two other members of the executive committee, Cheyenne Colborn (middle) and Tony Fee (left), show off a pear tree in the tribe's ...

The rise of advanced artificial intelligence (edge AI) could well mark the beginning of a new era for sustainable agriculture. A recent study proposes a roadmap for integrating this technology into ...

The need for sustainable agricultural practices has gained unprecedented attention recently. As global populations rise and environmental concerns become more pressing, the farm sector is ...

From ancient Egypt to medieval England, cultivating one or more crops in the same field was common practice among many farmers for thousands of years. However, in the last century, food producers ...

BIODIVERSITY is often framed as a distant global concern measured in reports, debated in conferences, and discussed in scientific jargon. Yet for farmers across Zimbabwe, biodiversity is neither ...

Sheep grazing in a pasture on a farm northeast of Kalispell are doing far more than eating — they are consuming weeds, reducing the need for tilling, all the while leaving behind manure that will ...

Rotating crops, using compost, adding cover crops and flower strips, and reducing tillage are practices that can make farms resilient to climate change and bring environmental benefits, but Cornell ...

Smallholder farmers have been taught to restore soil health by learning sustainable farming practices like vermicomposting and integrated pest management. The adoption of these techniques has led to ...

Tribes in the Midwest and Great Plains are embracing and sharing traditional agricultural knowledge with both Native and nonnative farmers to improve the soil and water for everyone. On a recent ...