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GLENMONT, N.Y. — A Soil Health Field Day will take place at 722 Route 9W, Glenmont, NY 12077 on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Join us for a morning at the Bethlehem Environmental Commons learning the basics of cover crops and soil health. This field day with New York Soil […] The post Soil Health Field Day - FREE appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Did you think broccoli could get any better for you? Researchers at the University of Florida may have found a way to make that possible. Researchers at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have identified a way to increase the level of health-boosting compounds in broccoli, kale, cabbage, Brussels […] The post UF/IFAS Research Opens Path to Even Healthier Broccoli, Cabbage and Kale appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State University researchers are advancing industry understanding of dark-cutting beef through coordinated, interdisciplinary work across the OSU Department of Animal and Food Sciences and the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC). Dark-cutting beef occurs when pre-harvest reduces muscle glycogen, resulting in a darker appearance and an elevated pH. Although the product […] The post From Science to Market: OSU Ag Research Advances Understanding of Dark-Cutting Beef appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Prince William plays crazy golf in Hastings as Prince Harry returns to the UK after a court defeat, with royal fans declaring the heir to the throne 'unbothered' by his brother's legal woes.

A settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission will allow farmers and local mechanics to make their own fixes, instead of relying on authorized dealers.

Key Takeaways Traceability plays a crucial role in food production, directly linked to safety and compliance. An ERP

arXiv:2607.07759v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agricultural supply chains are vulnerable to disruptions through linked biophysical and economic systems. We develop an AI-powered tool that integrates economic models (GTAP) with biophysical models (APSIM) to analyze supply chain shocks, enabling policymakers and market participants to assess cross-disciplinary impacts through queries and responses written in natural language.

This review demonstrates how nanozyme aptasensors combine synthetic enzyme-like nanomaterials with DNA or RNA aptamers to enhance selective biosensing across clinical, environmental, and food-safety applications. The paper compares three major sensor designs, NAISA, adsorption/desorption-based systems, and amplification-based platforms, while outlining the key challenges for point-of-care translation.

Facing both climate change and a crashing pollinator population, plants may be evolving to attract pollinators rather than adapting to a warming climate, and the trade-off has resulted in a steep decline in plants' rate of adaptation, according to a University of Michigan study. The researchers, studying morning glories, observed a 96% decrease in the population's rate of adaptation over nine years. The declining rate of adaptation could affect farmers, who deal with morning glory as an agricultural nuisance. The research is published in the journal Evolution Letters.

MEDFORD, Mass. — A smartwatch can tell us the level of oxygen in our blood, when our sleep is restless, or the number of steps we take in a day. Now imagine that kind of tracking ability for plants. By the time farmers see curling leaves or stunted growth in their fields, their crops may […] The post Plants Get Wearables to Track Their Health appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Imagine a wearable smartwatch for plants—capable of real-time monitoring of vital signs before stress becomes visible. Scientists at Tufts University have developed an innovative “tattoo-like” sensor that adheres to plant leaves and a complementary stretchable band for stems, creating a powerful new way to monitor crop health at the physiological level. This breakthrough technology enables […]

Facing the dual pressures of climate change and plunging pollinator numbers, plants may be evolving traits to attract pollinators at the expense of adapting to warming climates—a trade-off that has drastically reduced their rate of adaptation. This revelation comes from a recent University of Michigan study focused on morning glories, which observed a staggering 96% […]

A recent study reveals geographic biases in how aquatic animals have been tracked and researched across the globe, with a preference toward politically stable, English-speaking countries with high conservation funding. Researchers are sounding the alarm in the hope of ensuring biodiversity hotspots elsewhere in the world are not left understudied.

Learn how a recent typhoon-caused flood in southern China unleashed hundreds of venomous snakes onto unsuspecting residential areas, with one death already reported.

A Purdue University Extension weed scientist says the weather swings this year created the right environment for early-season herbicide injury. Tommy Butts tells Brownfield, “We saw quite a bit of glufosinate and liberty injury over the top of Enlist E3 soybeans with the cool, wet conditions. It’s all cosmetic. None of it is going to […] The post Purdue weed scientist says weather conditions increased herbicide injury across the state  appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Healthy plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, and legumes are the foundation of a healthy diet for anyone, no matter how old they are.

The Future of Agricultural and Food Research: Embracing Living Labs for Systemic Transformation The journey of food from production to consumption involves a complex value chain that demands innovative approaches for research and practice to converge effectively. A promising model gaining traction in agricultural and food systems is the concept of living labs—dynamic environments where […]

An ag economist says the profitability prospects for the 2026 soybean crop have improved due to the recent uptick in soybean prices. Ben Brown with the University of Missouri Extension tells Brownfield two factors have led to an increase in demand, providing the perfect storm to boost prices: biofuels policy and China’s follow through on […] The post China demand, biofuels policy fuel better 2026 soybean profit outlook appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The director of conservation agriculture and farm operations at Missouri Soybeans says the future of farming includes more robotics, precision agriculture and innovative technologies designed to improve efficiency. Clayton Light tells Brownfield “Obviously robotics are up and coming, very promising, but it’s going to take a while for it to get there. Definitely the drones […] The post Missouri Soybeans: robotics, precision ag and innovation are shaping the future of farming appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

A smartwatch can tell us the level of oxygen in our blood, when our sleep is restless or the number of steps we take in a day. Now imagine that kind of tracking ability for plants. By the time farmers see curling leaves or stunted growth in their fields, their crops may already have spent days under stress.

INTEGRA Biosciences' ASSIST PLUS and VOYAGER pipette revolutionize BW Fusion's R&D, boosting throughput and reliability in agricultural biotech processes.

Faced with heightened geopolitical instability and the persistent threat of maritime disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf nations are moving aggressively to secure their domestic food supply chains. Now, Korea’s advanced agricultural sector is positioning itself as a key technological ally in that effort. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, alongside the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), said Thursday that AgroSolution Korea finalized a $2.6 million contract with United Arab Emirates buyer Alfafa to export a factory-style vertical smart farm. The agreement represents a major breakthrough for Korea's agricultural export ambitions in the Middle East. Under the UAE’s "National Food Security Strategy 2051," the country currently relies on imports for more than 90 percent of its food requirements. While Abu Dhabi had prioritized smart agriculture as a strategic state industry long before the latest regional unrest, commercial experts note that

Faced with heightened geopolitical instability and the persistent threat of maritime disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf nations are moving aggressively to secure their domestic food supply chains. Now, Korea’s advanced agricultural sector is positioning itself as a key technological ally in that effort. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, alongside the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), said Thursday that AgroSolution Korea finalized a $2.6 million contract with United Arab Emirates buyer Alfafa to export a factory-style vertical smart farm. The agreement represents a major breakthrough for Korea's agricultural export ambitions in the Middle East. Under the UAE’s "National Food Security Strategy 2051," the country currently relies on imports for more than 90 percent of its food requirements. While Abu Dhabi had prioritized smart agriculture as a strategic state industry long before the latest regional unrest, commercial experts note that

Farmers are getting more tools in their toolbox, thanks to new research from the University of Missouri that shows how they can tweak planting practices to make the most of every acre.

A new scientific review outlines how satellites and other remote sensing technologies are increasingly shaping how biodiversity and ecosystem health can be monitored at scale—offering new opportunities for countries reporting under international nature targets, while also underscoring important limitations.

Microbiologists from Stellenbosch University in South Africa have discovered a previously unknown bacterial genus within the phylum Acidobacteriota. It is the first genus from this phylum to be described from Southern Africa.

Neglected Indigenous Livestock and Forages Offer Breakthrough Promise for Climate-Resilient Food Systems In a rapidly warming world, the urgent need for sustainable livestock systems has propelled attention toward indigenous ruminant breeds and underutilized forage species across Asia. These native resources present a promising avenue for climate-resilient agriculture, combining adaptive traits with environmental benefits that conventional […]

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Europe risks a severe crisis if the decline of wild pollinators continues. This is the key message of a new white paper prepared by 135 researchers from eight research consortia, including the projects BUTTERFLY, RestPoll, ProPollSoil and PolinERA, all involving researchers from Aarhus University. Among the authors are Claus Rasmussen, Martin Hvarregaard Thorsøe, James Williams, Johan Axelman and Chris Topping from the Department of Agroecology. The work is published in Zenodo.

Europe faces a potential ecological and agricultural crisis as wild pollinators continue to decline at alarming rates, according to a comprehensive white paper authored by 135 researchers from eight EU-funded consortia. This interdisciplinary study underscores the pivotal role that wild pollinators—including bees, butterflies, and hoverflies—play not only in food production but also across multiple societal […]

The speed at which a cell produces proteins is a decisive factor in determining whether it divides, specializes or retains its stem cell properties. A team of researchers led by Professor Stefan H. Stricker, professor of epigenetic engineering at LMU's Biomedical Center and research group leader at Helmholtz Munich, has worked with international partners to demonstrate directly for the first time that the amount of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) directly regulates these processes. Their results were published in the journal Science.

Across North America, in places such as Illinois, Iowa and Texas, farmers are busy growing the crops the world depends on for food, fuel and fiber.

image: Review and synthesis of 30 years of biochar research and development view more  Credit: Stephen Joseph A new online Forum on Biochar Research will bring together global expertise to explain how three decades of biochar science are reshaping understanding of soil health, crop productivity and climate action. The event, titled “Review and synthesis of 30 […]

Maize (corn) is a major dietary staple in Maya communities past and present because of its reliability, potential for surplus, and suitability as both food and fodder. It became so important to ancient Mesoamerican communities that it even became central to many of their religious beliefs, and arguably, they built their societies on it. Yet maize has a major nutritional limitation.

The relentless adaptability of weeds is pushing farmers into a corner, and this summer’s wet weather across the southeastern United States has only intensified the crisis. Frequent rains in June prevented timely herbicide applications, allowing aggressive species like Palmer amaranth and goosegrass to balloon past the ideal treatment window. Now, researchers from the University of […]

Turning agricultural waste into a powerful tool for healing degraded soils just became a lot more feasible, thanks to an unlikely ally: sunlight. A new study reveals that exposing hydrochar—a charcoal-like material made from biomass—to simulated solar radiation dramatically boosts its ability to revitalize depleted farmland, offering a low-energy pathway to tackle two pressing global […]

Two new studies examining gray wolves in California paint a complex picture of life on the state's ranching landscapes: Wolves eat cattle more than anything else, and the presence of the predators causes significant stress among livestock.

A comprehensive study of more than 1,100 springs in the American West warns that critical biodiversity hot spots are facing a mounting extinction crisis.

AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) has awarded nearly $1 million through its Maine Healthy Soils Program to help 19 farms implement projects that improve soil health, increase farm resilience, and strengthen long-term agricultural sustainability. The DACF awarded $960,000 through the competitive Soil Health Implementation Grant (SHIG) program, which provides […] The post Maine Healthy Soils Program Awards Nearly $1 Million to Help Farmers Build Resilience appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

PLANT CITY, Fla. — Bacterial spot disease isn’t just a nuisance for tomato growers – it’s a relentless, weather-powered villain that can ruin a field of promising fruit, threatening farm profits. When warm rains roll in and humidity hangs in the air, the pathogen behind bacterial spot comes alive, spreading fast and scarring tomatoes so […] The post Scientists Try to Limit Nasty Tomato Disease From Spreading via Grower Spraying appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Healthy plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans and legumes are the foundation of a healthy diet for anyone, no matter how old they are. But that's especially true for children, for whom these foods are rich in essential nutrients that support normal growth, learning, mood and long-term health.

The Pork Checkoff’s Swine Disease Research Task Force recently funded new research projects to improve understanding of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).

The EU's new livestock strategy focuses on sustainability, competitiveness, and resilience, aiming to support farmers and ensure food security while addressing environmental and economic challenges.

AMRUT Drone Mission and Salam Kisan partnered to connect trained drone pilots with farmers, expanding precision agriculture, improving input efficiency, creating rural livelihoods, and accelerating drone adoption across Maharashtra.

arXiv:2607.06337v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic tree-fruit harvesting is a flagship problem for agricultural automation, but progress is bottlenecked by the cost and irreproducibility of field experiments: an orchard is available only weeks a year, every tree is different, and a control error can permanently damage the crop or the plant. The tree models used in graphics and agronomy are geometrically detailed but physically inert, while the GPU-parallel simulators used in robot learning contain no plausible trees. We present OrchardBench, a physically-grounded, GPU-parallel simulation of apple-orchard trees on the Newton engine. Each tree is grown by a stochastic L-system and instantiated as a fully articulated body: branches are compliant torsional spring-dampers whose stiffness follows Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, they break at a wood modulus of rupture and fall as free hinges, and apples are independent bodies on stem tethers that detach at literature-grounded pull forces

Scientists reported the first evidence of nanoplastics in mainland Antarctic soil, detecting multiple polymers in samples from the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The findings suggest Antarctica’s remote terrestrial ecosystems are exposed to plastic contamination from local sources and long-range atmospheric transport.

The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their surroundings, all at the same time.

The collaboration will deploy Moa’s proprietary discovery platforms with Corteva’s deep herbicide R&D expertise. The post Moa Technology and Corteva Collaborate to Accelerate Discovery of Novel Herbicides appeared first on CropLife.

Recent additions across sales and business development complete a multi-year investment in customer engagement, distribution partnerships, marketing, and commercial execution. The post Verdesian Life Sciences Completes Strategic Buildout of Commercial Leadership Team to Support Continued Growth appeared first on CropLife.

A single gram of soil contains between 10 million and 1 billion viruses. Most of those viruses do not infect plants, animals or people, but they do target bacteria and other microbes. Because of their influence on microbial communities, viruses can affect nutrient cycling and soil health. Understanding how they behave is therefore crucial to supporting agriculture, food production and water quality.

The director of Michigan State University AgBioResearch says maintaining state funding for agricultural research in the next fiscal year is a short-term win. George Smith tells Brownfield the state’s second-largest industry needs continuous investments to remain viable. “We deliver on addressing problems of the industries, which can change on an annual basis, but it does […] The post Modest increases to MSU AgBioResearch & Extension funding in Michigan budget as research needs grow appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Sterile flies are crucial as the cattle industry fights New World screwworm, and a new technology could be the key to eradicating the pest.   Stephanie Gamez, the research and development lead for Agragene says the company’s precision-guided sterile insect technique is a game changer. “It uses CRISPR gene editing,” she says.  “Pretty much we use this tool to sterilize insect males and also kill females.”  St. Louis-based Agragene was one […] The post CRISPR-powered sterile flies could help eradicate New World screwworm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The native plant movement gets a lot right, but there’s so much more to consider.

Testing how quickly a biodegradable plastic actually breaks down in the environment can take months, sometimes years, of lab work. A new study from the Agricultural University of Athens, offers a faster alternative: a machine-learning tool that predicts biodegradation outcomes for a widely used bioplastic almost instantly.

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WATERLOO, N.Y. — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) is one of the four New York State 4-H Pillars. What better way to engage, cultivate curiosity, and learn to love STEM than to meet professionals in the field! We are grateful to Mike Dressing, proprietor of Community Drone Collective, for his willingness to share his […] The post Empire Drone Day 2026 appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

As food system resilience gains renewed attention in EU policy discussions ahead of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU, new research from the EIT Food Consumer Observatory highlights a key challenge for the agri-food sector: consumers may care about how their food is produced, but technical terms such as "resilient" and "regenerative" agriculture are unlikely to influence food choices unless they are translated into clear, personal benefits.

ATHENS, Ga. — When a problem arises within Georgia’s agriculture industry, George Vellidis would like the University of Georgia’s Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture (IIPA) to be one of the first places industry leaders turn for answers. To become that resource, IIPA experts need the kind of on-the-ground insights only insiders can provide. That’s the animating […] The post IIPA Launches Industry Advisory Board to Strengthen Ties Between Research, Georgia Stakeholders appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

A nanoplasmonic “leaf,” developed by researchers at the University of Chicago to mimic photosynthesis, offers a potentially scalable platform for light harvesting using nanoplasmonic structures instead of semiconductors. Nanoplasmonic materials are made from noble metals like gold. The metal is combined with titanium dioxide (TiO2) into light-absorbing nanostructures about 15 nm in size. When the plasmons in these structures are excited, they decay into energetic electrons and holes, called hot carriers, that can be used to manipulate electrical and chemical processes at the nano level. The hot carriers convert light into energy and provide electrical energy without the need for wired power sources. Pengju Li,...

The native plant movement says that we can combat environmental disaster from our own backyards. Is it really so simple?

arXiv:2607.04367v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In the development of cooking robots, mastering the task of cutting is crucial. A significant challenge lies in the diverse properties of food, which necessitate distinct cutting policies and even different knives for optimal processing. This paper presents a perception-manipulation framework for food-cutting tasks. Our system features a knife selection module that utilizes force data from a preliminary fixed trial cut to select the appropriate knife for the given food. This is followed by an adaptive cutting phase using reinforcement learning (RL) to balance cutting speed and energy efficiency. In our experiments, the knife selection module achieved 100% successful rate on unseen food, and we compared the performances of fixed policy, RL policy, with human operators. Our method not only achieves high performance but also demonstrates comparable results to those of human participants.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba analyzed high-resolution topographic data from airborne LiDAR to examine the relationships among landslide area, depth, and slope gradient.

A crop protection specialist says spray drones can play an important role on today’s farms. WinField United’s Tyler Steinkamp tells Brownfield, “Drones, especially as we continue to develop this technology, they just keep getting better and better.” He says growers can use them for a variety of crop protection applications. “Any pesticide that is currently […] The post Are drones a useful tool for farming operations? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

For more than a decade, coastal ecosystems have been lionized as the superheroes of natural carbon sequestration—dense, efficient, and utterly essential in the race to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide. Mangroves, seagrass meadows, and especially salt marshes lock away organic carbon at rates far exceeding their terrestrial counterparts, earning them the moniker “blue carbon” ecosystems […]

In a revelation that fundamentally reshapes our understanding of how plants interact, a team of researchers has discovered that the microscopic communities living on roots act as covert intermediaries, allowing neighbouring plants to rewire each other’s relationships with the soil. For decades, ecologists have grappled with two seemingly distinct forces that govern plant communities: direct […]

For decades, the specter of plastic pollution has loomed large over global agriculture, with plastic film mulch—a thin, protective sheeting spread across millions of hectares to boost crop yields—cast as a primary villain in the microplastic contamination of soils. The narrative has been straightforward and alarming: as this mulch degrades, it fragments into countless microscopic […]

ATHENA, Ga. — If you’ve spent any time driving in rural Georgia, you’ve probably seen them: Big, round bales wrapped in white plastic sitting in open fields like oversized marshmallows. Those empty fields are working pastures and hayfields, and the white bundles are baleage — forage baled at the right moisture and sealed in tight […] The post UGA ‌Researcher ‌Looks ‌at ‘The Queen of Forages’ for Southern Beef Cattle appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Northern Ireland’s livestock sector is to get a new £8 million research facility aimed at helping cattle farms cut emissions while protectin...

Three farmers have been named Soil Farmer of the Year winners after showing how better soil management can cut costs, reduce inputs and stre...

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Japan has plans 10 million robots by 2040, using Noetra AI models to address labour shortages across key industries.

A report suggests that upcoming nuclear waste-powered radiovoltaic batteries could last as long as 30 years and power next-gen drones.

WASHINGTON — As cases of New World screwworm (NWS) mount in the U.S., the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), Agragene and North Carolina State University (NC State) are investing $300,000 in a Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) grant to suppress the New World screwworm population by testing new technology that produces sterile, reproductively vigorous male flies. New World screwworm […] The post FFAR Research to Advance More Effective Control of New World Screwworm appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

In a world where the demand for nutritious and environmentally sustainable food continues to surge, the food industry faces a formidable challenge. Traditional food innovation has often been a painstakingly slow, empirical, and fragmented process, struggling to keep pace with the urgent need for change. However, a groundbreaking study spearheaded by researchers Datta, Buehler, Chow, […]

A few years ago, Austin Wrenn noticed something unsettling in his strawberry greenhouses at Wrenn's Farm in Zebulon, North Carolina. He was one of the first growers in the state to experience losses from an unexpected, aggressive fungal pathogen known as Neopestalotiopsis, or Neo-P.

UK headquartered architect Foster + Partners and Omani consultancy Dar Al-Handasah have unveiled the design for Al Najd Agricultural City, a 54 million-sq-ft, self-sustaining development in Dhofar, southern Oman. Commissioned… The post Foster designs self-sustaining agricultural city for Oman appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Researchers from the University of Bergen have uncovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old child in a cave site on Norway's west coast. "The find offers rare and important insight into the first agricultural population in Norway, and we hope that analysis of the bone material will help us understand what these people looked like and where they originated," says Knut Andreas Bergsvik, professor of archaeology at the University Museum of Bergen and project leader of the INDICAVE research project.

A hardy aquarium fish prized for its golden hue, the ornamental Flowerhorn cichlid (Amphilophus spp.) has become a problem for the residents of San Pablo City, Laguna: It is increasingly taking on an outsized role in both the natural ecosystem and local aquaculture operations in nearby Lake Sampaloc.

Modest changes to meat and dairy consumption could help Scotland meet climate goals while improving health and nutrition, research shows. A modeling study appearing in Nature Food found that using vegetables, beans and eggs instead of processed and unprocessed meat and dairy could deliver environmental and health benefits without increasing the overall cost of diets.

No rodents were found aboard. The confined vessel, carrying 147 people from 23 countries, became an unexpected amplifier of person‑to‑person transmission.

STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford researcher Ellen Kuhl estimates that there are some 1043 potential burger recipes in the world. And with BurgerAI, a new tool developed in her lab, artificial intelligence can now design the best one for you based on your age, taste, nutritional need, and even your sustainability goal. But BurgerAI’s ability to suggest a […] The post AI Designs the Ideal Burger for Taste, Health, and Planet appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Muscle loss is a well-publicized side effect of GLP-1 drugs, prompting a surge of interest in ingredients that can attenuate the problem. The post Exclusive: ProFuse Technology raises $1.5m to tackle muscle loss in the GLP-1 era appeared first on AgFunderNews.

Global biodiversity is in crisis, with wild vertebrate populations declining by 69% since 1970 (1). At the same time, advances in high-throughput genetic sequencing and an increase in international collaborations have shifted biodiversity research toward data-intensive paradigms, in which single studies may now involve thousands of specimens and large quantities of species-level data (2). But must biodiversity breakthroughs depend on substantial biological sampling? In our opinion, the answer is no. Instead, we believe that study sample size should be determined on the basis of scientific justifications.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says new bipartisan legislation could improve middle-of-the-supply chain breakdowns for producers. Director of Public Policy Becky Garrison Werfel tells Brownfield addressing gaps throughout the food system builds a stronger domestic industry for small and mid-sized farmers. “The momentum that we see right now with MAHA and hospitals […] The post New food supply chain bill would invest in local farmers and infrastructure appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Small farms grow much of the world's food, but from space they are nearly invisible. Their fields are tiny and ill-defined, and the satellite tools built to track crops were designed for the large, uniform fields of industrial agriculture, not the sub-hectare plots that feed many of the world's poorest people.

Abandoned farmland can be transformed into wildflower-rich grassland habitat without the need for expensive and labor-intensive seeding, a new study by UCL researchers finds.

Drone services continue expanding, but dealers remain cautious about AI, automation, and profitability in precision agriculture. The post 2026 CropLife/Purdue Survey Reveals Shifting Priorities in Precision Agriculture appeared first on CropLife.

ELKTON, Ky.— The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment invites farmers, agronomists and others interested in improving crop production on fragipan soils to a Fragipan Field Day hosted by Todd County Extension on Wednesday, July 29, at the Kenner/Walker Farm in Elkton. The event will give producers a firsthand look at how annual ryegrass used as a […] The post Fragipan Field Day Showcases Farmer Success in Soil Remediation appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

A crop protection specialist says growers should consider adding adjuvants to tank mixes when using spray drones. On this episode of Managing for Profit, the strategic marketing manager of adjuvants for WinField United discusses how drone applications can improve returns by getting more product onto the plant. The post Adjuvants key to improving drone spray performance appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

FARGO, N.D. — Richard ‘65 and Linda Offerdahl have committed $3 million to advance groundbreaking research led by NDSU scientist Barney Geddes, accelerating a transformative innovation in agriculture. The new funding will accelerate research focused on biological nitrogen fixation in cereal crops, a development with the potential to redefine modern agriculture. This work positions NDSU at […] The post Offerdahl Gift Accelerates Breakthrough Research in Sustainable Agriculture at NDSU appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

In the intricate networks that sustain life on Earth, biodiversity stands as a crucial determinant of ecosystem resilience and functionality. A recent groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals that the complexity of food webs, encompassing multiple trophic levels, plays a fundamental role in modulating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. This work transcends traditional […]

arXiv:2607.00180v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep-learning structure predictors are sensitive to their multiple sequence alignment (MSA) input, making MSA subsampling a practical route to recovering alternative conformations. Existing approaches such as AF-Cluster operate in sequence space, providing limited control over which conformational basin is sampled. We introduce SF-Cluster, which subsamples MSAs using patterns of predicted local energetic frustration, a representation largely independent of sequence similarity. Across a benchmark of 48 cases spanning fold-switching, allosteric, oligomerization-coupled, and intrinsically disordered systems, and using an AF-Cluster-style dual-reference RMSD criterion, SF-Cluster improves target-state recovery of the alternative conformation over AF-Cluster across the two-state classes, with the largest improvement observed for allosteric systems (+15.5 percentage points). The selected MSAs transfer to an architecturally distinct predictor,

Scientists have identified three genetic regions in wheat that could help breeders develop varieties naturally resistant to grey field slugs...

arXiv:2607.00549v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Precision-agriculture networks based on private 5G NR should ensure reliable connectivity for IoT sensor nodes throughout the crop growing season, yet the propagation environment changes dramatically as vegetation grows and matures. We formulate $K$-base-station~(BS) placement as a \textit{maximin seasonal coverage} problem that maximizes the worst-case coverage fraction across all crop growth stages. Since each objective evaluation requires expensive ray-tracing simulations across all stages, we adopt a Gaussian-process Bayesian optimization~(GPBO) framework that builds a probabilistic surrogate of the robust objective using ray tracing. On a $1\,\text{km}^2$ multi-crop farm with three distinct crop zones at $3.5\,\text{GHz}$, the proposed scheme achieves $72.8\%$ worst-case coverage with $K{=}3$ BSs in fewer than fifty ray-tracing evaluations, outperforming budget-matched state-of-the-art approaches by at least $4.6\,\text{pp}$ across