The latest news from the agricultural sector
2024-10-24
Documentary about Challenges Facing Black Farmland Owners Streaming Free October 24-27
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) and Al Roker Entertainment today announced the award-winning documentary, Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land, will air on VONtv October 24–27. Available free of charge,... Read more
2024-10-24
Compost Produced From Organic Solid Waste Could Replace 21% of Industrial Fertilizers in Urban Agriculture
The organic solid waste that citizens deposit in brown recycling bins could currently produce the amount of compost needed to satisfy 8% of the nutrients demanded by urban and peri-urban agriculture,... Read more
2024-10-24
With “Electro-Agriculture,” Plants Can Produce Food in the Dark and With 94% Less Land, Bioengineers Say
Photosynthesis, the chemical reaction that enables almost all life on Earth, is extremely inefficient at capturing energy—only around 1% of light energy that a plant absorbs is converted into chemical... Read more
2024-10-24
Farmers as Guardians: Conserving Ghana's Minor Crops
Read Farmers as Guardians: Conserving Ghana`s Minor Crops in addition to hundreds of recent farming and agriculture news articles. View up to date crop reports, livestock information and ag industry... Read more
2024-10-24
Horticulture Hall's Green Roof Gets a Makeover
Read Horticulture Hall`s Green Roof Gets a Makeover in addition to hundreds of recent farming and agriculture news articles. View up to date crop reports, livestock information and ag industry... Read more
2024-10-24
Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Alfalfa and Soybean Residue Grazing
Every fall, there can be some situations where there can be the potential to graze alfalfa. In some cases, the alfalfa may not have been big enough to warrant haying or maybe you have an alfalfa field... Read more
2024-10-24
MARD Endorses Mechanized Direct Seeding with Deep Fertilizer Placement for Rice Cultivation
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development-Department of Crop Production (MARD-DCP) has officially recognized the “Technical guidelines on mechanized direct seeding combined with fertilizer... Read more
2024-10-24
Iowa Welcomes International Trade Teams Before and After Export Exchange Conference
Iowa Corn welcomed two U.S. Grains Council (USGC) trade teams this month in coordination with the Export Exchange global conference hosted by USGC, Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association... Read more
2024-10-24
Ag Economy is in a Recession, Says Majority of Ag Economists
More than half of the 70 agriculture economists
surveyed in Farm Journal’s Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor believe that the United States agriculture economy is in a recession, while 75% of those... Read more
2024-10-24
John Deere and Trimble Partner to Expand Integrated Grade Control Versatility within Construction Portfolio
Expanding jobsite capabilities for its customers,
John Deere (NYSE: DE) announced today a new strategic partnership with
Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB). In the future, the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control... Read more
2024-10-24
USDA to Begin Issuing $2.14 Billion to Agricultural Producers through Key Conservation and Safety-Net Programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will begin issuing more than $2.14 billion in payments to eligible agricultural producers, and landowners—providing much needed... Read more
2024-10-24
Transforming Agriculture With AI
When
NCSA’s partner, the Center for Digital Agriculture (
CDA), formed more than
five years ago, it put a heavy emphasis on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) long before... Read more