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Top Corn Producing State to See Future Drop in Yield, Cover Crop Efficiency

July 6, 2023 — How will future climate change affect nitrogen loss, and will cover crops still be effective in removing nitrogen from drainage water? A new study investigating near- and far-term climate change in Illinois suggests cover crops will still be beneficial, but not to the same degree. The report also ...

Chocolate Can Be Fruity or Flowery -- If You Skip the Roasting Step

June 27, 2023 — 'Natural' foods are trendy, and proponents claim that little or no processing helps preserve the food's inherent flavor. Research now shows that, at least for certain artisanal, bean-to-bar chocolates, this could indeed be the case. The team reports that unroasted, 'raw' chocolate features certain ...

Specialization in Sheep Farming, a Possible Strategy for Neolithic Communities in the Adriatic to Expand Throughout the Mediterranean

June 27, 2023 — The specialization in sheep in the early Neolithic populations of Dalmatia, Croatia, may have been related to the rapid expansion of these communities and the spread of agriculture throughout the central and western ...

Conservation Policies Risk Damaging Global Biodiversity, Researchers Argue

June 21, 2023 — Rewilding, organic farming and the 'nature friendly farming' measures included in some government conservation policies risk worsening the global biodiversity crisis by reducing how much food is produced in a region, driving up food imports and increasing environmental damage ...

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Smart Farming Platform Improves Crop Yields, Minimizes Pollution

June 21, 2023 — A new farming system aims to solve one of the biggest problems in modern agriculture: the overuse of fertilizers to improve crop yields and the resulting chemical runoff that pollutes the world's air ...

New Study Reveals Irrigation's Mixed Effects Around the World

June 20, 2023 — Trajectory of irrigation water use in many regions is unsustainable, but practice is vital in managing climate change and future agricultural development, researchers ...

Change Food Choices to Increase Chances of Tackling Global Warming

June 15, 2023 — Action to protect the planet against the impact of climate change will fall short unless we reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global food system, which now makes up a third of human-made ...

Genome Editing Used to Create Disease Resistant Rice

June 15, 2023 — Researchers have used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease resistant rice plants, according to a new study. Small-scale field trials in China show that the newly created rice variety ...

Human Factors Affect Bees' Communication

June 5, 2023 — Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new ...

Biodegradable Plastic from Sugar Cane Also Threatens the Environment

June 1, 2023 — Plastic made from cane sugar also threatens the environment. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have found that perch change their behavior when exposed to so-called ...

The Mediterranean Diet: Good for Your Health and Your Hip Pocket

May 24, 2023 — We've heard it time and time again -- the Mediterranean diet is great for our health. But despite the significant health benefits of this eating plan, a common deterrent is often the expected costs, ...

Failed Antibiotic Now a Game Changing Weed Killer for Farmers

May 24, 2023 — Weed killers of the future could soon be based on failed antibiotics. Researchers have found a molecule which was initially developed to treat tuberculosis but failed to progress out of the lab as an ...

New Technique Substantially Reduces Mouse Damage to Crops Even During Plagues

May 23, 2023 — A non-toxic method to prevent mice from devouring wheat crops has been shown to drastically reduce seed ...

We Now Know Exactly What Happens in Nature When We Fell Forests

May 15, 2023 — Deforestation is the biggest threat to the planet's ecosystems, and new research has now mapped out exactly what happens when agriculture replaces ...