The topic of food security and sustainable agricultural systems is a crucial one, particularly as environmental degradation escalates. “Recently, organic agricultural systems have drawn much attention ...

A new crop rotation at Fairhaven Farm is helping improve soil health while supporting long-term farm resilience.

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two ...

For the last several decades, the default path for American farmers and ranchers has been increasing specialization of the agricultural activities on their operations. In 1949, American farmers ...

Although crop rotation is practised widely in Europe, notably for the control of crop pests, diseases and invasive weeds, monocultures[1] still dominate in Africa and Southern Asia. Elsewhere, ...

We ask a lot of our gardens: Brilliant flowers, productive vegetables, pest-free plants and fertile soil. To get these lush results, sometimes we need to employ more than just water and compost. Crop ...

According to the latest insights by Future Market Insights, the global Cover Crop Seed Varieties Market is entering a ...

Samantha Kemnah looked out the foggy window of her home in New Berlin, New York, at the 150-acre dairy farm she and her husband, Chris, bought last year. This winter, an unprecedented cold front ...

Parasitic weeds remain a major threat to crop production across Africa, particularly in grain-based systems. Prof Olubukola ...