Industrial agriculture usually relies on fertilizers, pesticides and mechanical equipment to produce high-yielding ...

A discovery nearly 15 years in the making could have far-reaching consequences for global food security in our warming world. A multinational team of researchers published their findings in October ...

Maize silage is mainly used to feed all dairy cattle on the farm: growing animals, dry cows, and lactating cows. It contains protein, minerals, and sometimes the energy to meet the animal’s ...

This year’s maize harvest is shaping up to be one of the worst in the past five years, according to one of our agronomists.

A study by the Mwapata Institute, a local independent agriculture policy think-tank, has recommended substantial changes to ...

Sorghum can transform rural economies by boosting food security, supporting local processing,and enhancing soil health. Nate ...

Sep. 13, 2024 — In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition -- but that the need ...

"In the past, farmers usually plowed the land three or four times when they planted maize, which can destroy the structure of black soil layers. Now, with mechanized planting, the processes of ...

Use available weather windows to drill winter wheat, but do not rush to get crops planted if seedbed conditions are not yet suitable, says Mr Thornton. “Later-drilled cereals need well-prepared ...

Chaman Lal, who is from Padol village in Sirmaur district, in his 5 bighas of land that is cultivable switched to natural ...