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arXiv:2609.01062v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Satellites are emerging as promising platforms to extend generative \emph{artificial intelligence} (AI) services to remote areas lacking terrestrial infrastructure. However, deploying space generative AI is fundamentally constrained by the limited, time-varying onboard energy supplied by solar \emph{energy harvesting} (EH). This paper presents a framework for solar-powered space generative AI in which a satellite receives a user prompt, executes a diffusion-based image-generation model, and downlinks the compressed result within a strict time window. We identify the fundamental \emph{computation--communication} (C$^2$) trade-offs governed by the shared harvested-energy budgets. Specifically, increasing the number of generation steps improves intrinsic image quality but depletes energy and time available for downlink transmission, whereas prioritizing communication guarantees reliable delivery but sacrifices semantic quality. To balance

arXiv:2609.00106v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents FAIRY, a full-stack smart-agriculture agent system developed for and deployed to an operating soybean research farm at Harbin Institute of Technology's smart-agriculture site. We develop FAIRY to execute and evaluate agentic agronomic operations on full-season spatiotemporal workflows that span ridge preparation, planting, irrigation, fertilization, pest and disease treatment, harvest, grain handling, drying, and storage. FAIRY integrates APIs and infrastructure across production-grade machinery, fixed soil and canopy sensors, multispectral and thermal drones, satellite vegetation products, a weather station, calibrated crop-process models, agronomic records, and multi-season yield histories. The system is built around the novel "everything is an event" execution paradigm, which represents spatiotemporal world evolution, remote sensing and UAV observations, sensor readings, crop-growth transitions, machinery actions,

For too long, the United States has relied on foreign sources for most of the raw materials powering its technological future: the essential minerals in every smartphone, battery pack and semiconductor. What if one answer to the supply crisis isn't buried in a mine shaft but growing quietly in a field? Scientists are betting on a resource-efficient, highly effective strategy: using engineered plants and symbiotic microbes to absorb critical minerals directly from the Earth in a process called phytomining.

STILLWATER, Okla. — Every time antibiotics are used to keep livestock healthy, traces of those medications, along with the genetic material that allows bacteria to resist them, can remain in farm wastewater. If left untreated, those contaminants can move beyond the farm, contributing to antimicrobial resistance, one of the world’s fastest-growing public health challenges. In […] The post OSU Researchers Explore Nanobubble Technology to Help Curb Spread of Antibiotic Resistance From Agricultural Wastewater appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Dust is an unavoidable part of farming, but a Kansas State University expert says what’s floating in the air around grain bins, hay barns and livestock facilities can pose serious risks to farmers’ health. Mitch Ricketts, professor of agricultural safety and health at Kansas State University, said agricultural dust is much more […] The post Agricultural Dust Poses Hidden Health Risks for Farmers appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

An environmental DNA study by a multi-institutional research collaboration has revealed distinct regions of extraordinary marine biodiversity that can help inform management of a proposed marine park in Western Australia's Exmouth Gulf.

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For many years, the European Union has pursued a policy aimed at the replacement, reduction and refinement of animal testing (the 3Rs principle). To put the ethical principle of the 3Rs into practice, the European Commission has published a roadmap for the gradual phaseout of animal testing in the safety assessment of chemicals.

When the ESA Earth observation mission FLEX launches into space on September 15, 2026, as scheduled, it will carry high-precision optical components from Jena, Germany. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have developed and manufactured a silicon-based double-slit assembly as well as two high-precision mirrors for the spectrometer on board the satellite. The spectrometer is designed to detect the fluorescence of plants excited by sunlight from Earth's orbit. The data is expected to provide new insights into the photosynthetic activity, health, and stress levels of vegetation.

One of Australia's most comprehensive assessments of endemic, rare or threatened freshwater fish has found numerous species are at severe risk of extinction because of multiple threats, including habitat loss, invasive species and warmer waters.

John Deere has launched JD, an AI assistant that answers plain-language questions from a farm’s own machine and field data, alongside a ten-point voluntary Farmer Data Commitment. In the EU those commitments are largely obligations under the Data Act, which also bars a manufacturer from using the data to work out what a farm is […] This story continues at The Next Web

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Agtrinsic today [Sept. 2, 2026] announced the introduction of its Disease Intelligence Engine in South Asia, with an initial focus on making advanced crop disease technology accessible to smallholder farmers. Agtrinsic is working with a team based in the region to develop and bring a mobile application to market that reflects local […] The post Agtrinsic Expands AI Disease Intelligence Technology to South Asia’s Smallholder Farmers appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: John Deere is testing JD, an AI assistant for farmers, to help with best practices and find trends based on farmers' “field, machine, and operational data”  —  The new ‘JD’ AI uses farmers' own data to answer questions about their operations and equipment.

On Nov. 11, 2025, Earth experienced a severe geomagnetic storm triggered by solar flares and coronal mass ejections from an active sunspot region. While this kind of storm brings beautiful auroras admired in many areas around the world, it can also cause ionospheric disturbances that disrupt radio waves and affect crucial technologies. A new study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, found that disruptions caused by this storm scrambled GPS signals in areas where such disruptions have never been reported.

John Deere is testing a new "JD" AI assistant that it says can help farmers make more money, with answers about best practices and historical trends that are based on their own data. It uses their "field, machine and operational data" to answer questions on topics like equipment settings, fuel usage, or harvest timing. The press release didn't mention which AI technology is behind this platform. But after fighting with farmers and the FTC for years over the right to repair, the news of Early Access Program testing for this bot comes with a mention of its ten-point Farmer Data Commitment saying it won't sell the data, and lets farmers cont … Read the full story at The Verge.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How engineered microbes could help feed the world’s crops Fertilizer is crucial for the global food supply, but making it uses a lot of energy and produces a lot of emissions.…

DAVIS, Calif. — Climate forecasters are sounding the alarm: we’re in for an El Niño year. This anticipated weather cycle may bring heavy rain and flooding to California over late fall and winter. According to Daniel Swain, climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, it likely will become the strongest El Niño […] The post As El Niño Looms, Scientists Raise Concerns About Erosion in Altadena Burn Scar appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

AMES, Iowa — Farmers, ag retailers, crop advisors and conservation professionals can explore current Iowa State University research on cropping systems, nitrate loss, cover crops and a potential alternative biomass crop — miscanthus — at the upcoming Fall Field Day at the Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm on Sept. 10 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 […] The post Fall Field Day at ISU Southeast Research Farm Sept. 10 appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Fertilizer is crucial for the global food supply, but making it uses a lot of energy and produces a lot of emissions. Some companies hope microbes can help. A growing body of research shows that seeding the soil around a crop’s roots with beneficial microbes can help feed the plant, providing crucial nitrogen to help…

A federal watchdog found that Amazon workers on food stamps and Medicaid have nearly tripled since 2020, as the retailer plans $200 billion in AI spending and taxpayers foot the bill.

GENEVA, N.Y. — Cornell Integrated Pest Management has announced the publication of its updated “Organic Production and IPM Guide for Vegetables,” a comprehensive resource for managing pests in organic vegetable production. The 25-chapter digital guide features downloadable, foundational information for organic growers, including essential agricultural practices and overarching IPM strategies, like soil and nutrient management, […] The post Digital Publication to Support Organic Growers appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Transitioning an aging perennial forage seed stand into annual cropping can be difficult, particularly when the original crop persists or weeds establish after termination. Preliminary Canadian research suggests cover crops could help by suppressing regrowth and weeds, retaining biomass and cycling nutrients.

High above the fields of the Morven Sustainability Lab, drones equipped with heat and light sensors are changing what it means to farm smarter. This month, researchers and students from the University of Virginia, NASA and the University at Buffalo tested drone technology by flying more than 100 feet (30 meters) above crops to measure plant health at UVA's 2,900-acre (1,170-hectare) research facility.

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Ag markets are under close watch as the Trump administration mulls biofuel rules for oil refiners and House lawmakers return to work facing thorny questions on farm policy, domestic spending and global trade.

Applications are now open for UC ANR Connect, a grower-informed commercialization program operated by UC ANR Innovate, the innovation arm of University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, in partnership with ag tech venture firm Farmhand Ventures. Applications will be accepted through Sept. 18. Selected companies receive commercialization support, direct feedback from California growers and … The post UC ANR Connect Seeks Ag Tech for California Crops appeared first on California Ag Network.

Fast, on-farm genetic testing for cattle is practical and achievable for northern producers, according to University of Queensland research. In partnership with Meat & Livestock Australia and the Department of Primary Industries, a team from UQ's Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) tested low-pass nanopore sequencing on three commercial farms. Associate Professor Elizabeth Ross said the team produced reliable data for age, genomic breeding values (GBVs) and parentage for about 24 animals in less than 24 hours on each farm.

John Deere is making a John Deere AI investment of $10 million through a new three-year research and development partnership aimed at bringing artificial intelligence from the laboratory to the farm. The ... Read More The post John Deere Invests $10 Million in AI Research for High-Value Crops appeared first on AgNet West.

Jon Bon Jovi is offering full Ticketmaster refunds after the singer was forced to cut short his July 23 Madison Square Garden residency show.

Growth or immune response? Higher organisms must constantly balance these two priorities. As in humans, hormones regulate this balance in plants. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered a mechanism by which plant steroid hormones can inhibit immune responses and thereby make resources available for growth.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, warned the Trump administration Thursday against increasing the use of small refinery exemptions from biofuel-blending rules under the Renewable Fuel Standard, joining several agricultural and biofuel groups cautioning against such changes.

Summit highlights Midwest feedstocks, infrastructure, and collaboration needed to scale SAF. The post Sustainable Aviation Fuel Growth Creates Opportunities for Agriculture, Aviation and Economic Development appeared first on CropLife.

Fully autonomous multi-point turning capability enables units to execute complex maneuvers in field applications. The post Agtonomy Highlights Expanding Data Capabilities and New Autonomous Maneuvers Across Its Physical AI Platform appeared first on CropLife.

Discover how high-resolution satellite analytics can support crop scouting, variable-rate management, crop insurance investigations, and more. The post Tech Talk: Satshot on AI-Enhanced Satellite Imagery appeared first on CropLife.

As AI reshapes agriculture, who should control farm data, and how can growers ensure they benefit from the value it creates? The post Controlling Farm Data in the AI Age appeared first on CropLife.

Making time to implement new ag technologies is the key to making them work for you, says expert Dave Swain. The post I Need to Do More with Ag Technology . . . But I Just Don’t Have Time appeared first on CropLife.

Australia's agricultural exports have long traded on a simple label: clean and green.

TUCKER, Ga. — The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and its Foundation (USPOULTRY) have announced its 2026–2028 Research Priorities, establishing a focused research agenda to address emerging challenges and advance innovation, sustainability, poultry health and food safety across the poultry and egg industries. USPOULTRY’s research priorities are developed through an industry-driven process that brings together […] The post USPOULTRY Sets 2026–2028 Research Priorities to Address Emerging Industry Challenges appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

arXiv:2608.27545v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study evaluates the effectiveness of remote human-robot interaction using virtual reality for leaf inspection and soil moisture assessment in a greenhouse environment. The robotic system comprised an unmanned ground vehicle and a robotic manipulator equipped with cameras, governed by kinematic models for navigation and manipulator control. Fourteen distinct plants were inspected across two experiments utilizing VR teleoperation, guided by a set of pre-specified research questions and hypotheses. In the leaf inspection experiments, cycle completion times varied from 3.3 to 8.0 s, and plant-based disease detection was achieved up to 88% accuracy; diseased-spot detection improved numerically in the second experiment, though this change was not statistically significant (p=0.378). For soil moisture assessment, the experiments achieved successful determination of watering needs in up to 64.3% of plants (9 of 14), with consistent success

A new model simulates the benefits of agrivoltaic farming, in which solar panels and crops share the same land.

BROOKINGS, S.D. — As fertilizer prices remain elevated, researchers at South Dakota State University are developing an innovative solution to corn’s nitrogen supply problems by taking inspiration from an ancient Mexican variety and root nodules found on soybeans. In a new study, published in Plant and Soil, the researchers demonstrate how hydrogel beads may act […] The post Inspired by Nature, SDSU Scientists Engineer Tiny 'Nitrogen Factories' That Could Help Future Cereal Crops appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

When two of the world’s most widely trusted crop simulation engines were asked the same question about feeding sub-Saharan Africa, they agreed on the direction but disagreed on the numbers — and that disagreement may be the most instructive finding to emerge from a new Nigerian study. In research published in Discover Agriculture, Blessing Funmbi […]

When a meteoroid hits the Moon's surface, it does more than just dig up a little dirt. It actually excavates a little bit of cosmic history that recorded a long-ago supernova explosion. Scientists at the University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology have come up with a way to decode that history and learn something about such energetic events in the Universe.

Every autumn, as the rice harvest ends across northern India, a thick, acrid pall of smoke settles over the Indo-Gangetic Plains, degrading air quality for tens of millions of people and repeatedly pushing cities such as Delhi into hazardous air territory. The immediate culprit is paddy straw: vast quantities of tough, silica-rich residue that farmers […]

Borton & Sons plans to lay off 928 seasonal farmworkers in Washington, classifying the departures as permanent due to uncertain staffing needs for 2027.

Lucerne seed wasp (LSW) is a serious pest in alfalfa crops, causing damage that is difficult to see in the field. Its larvae feed inside developing seeds, meaning losses may not become apparent until harvest, cleaning or seed delivery, when it is too late to intervene. Each wasp represents a lost seed, with infested seeds removed by seed-cleaning facilities along with other impurities.

Televangelist Katie Souza claims an alien device harvested her eggs to create a hybrid child, linking the event to a theory involving fallen angels and biblical prophecy.

In the flooded fields that feed half of humanity, an unexpected subterranean drama is coming into focus. Climate warming, long cast as the great plunderer of soil carbon, can actually add carbon to the deeper layers of rice paddies even as it strips carbon away from the surface, and the decisive players in this two-front […]

When floodwater swallows a rice paddy or a maize field, the crop does not die of drowning in any ordinary sense. It dies of suffocation. Oxygen dissolved in waterlogged soil can collapse to near zero within hours, and plant roots, starved of the gas they need to respire, begin to run out of energy long […]

The Farm Just Got a Brain: Landmark Review Reveals AI Is Quietly Rewiring How the World Grows Its Food By 2050 the world will need to feed 9.7 billion people, rising to 10.9 billion by the end of the century, and the agricultural systems that carried humanity through the past century are buckling under the […]

Working With Pigs Reshapes the Human Gut — and Installs Livestock Resistance Genes The people who raise the world’s pigs spend their working lives inside one of the most microbially concentrated environments modern society has created, and new research suggests their bodies keep a detailed record of it. In a study published on 30 August […]

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Own the Robot or Hire It? The Two Very Different Roads Leading German Farmers Toward Autonomous Agriculture Autonomous field robots have been promised to agriculture for years: mobile machines that would prepare soil, sow seeds, weed rows, treat pests and even harvest crops under human supervision but without a human at the controls. On German […]

More water does not necessarily produce more alfalfa seed. A five-year trial near Keith, South Australia, found that strategically delaying irrigation until plants showed early signs of leaf drop generally increased seed yield and consistently delivered the highest gross margin.

The Invisible Plastic Beneath Our Feet: Scientists Unearth Soil’s Nanoplastics — and Reveal How Much Slips Through the Net Soil may be one of the planet’s great hidden reservoirs of plastic pollution, and its most elusive contaminants — nanoplastics, fragments smaller than a thousandth of a millimetre — have remained almost entirely beyond the reach […]

The Days-Long Wait to Catch Deadly Bacteria Is Collapsing—Under the Gaze of Light and AI For more than a century, the workhorse of bacterial detection has been essentially unchanged: smear a sample onto a gel-like plate, wait one to three days for colonies to grow, then run a battery of biochemical and serological tests to […]

A Heat-Loving Fungus Found in Rotting Rice Straw Turns Farm Waste into Industrial Enzymes—and a Hidden Cache of Bioactive Molecules Deep inside a pile of fermenting paddy straw in southern India, a heat-loving fungus has been quietly demonstrating a solution to one of biotechnology’s most stubborn problems. Researchers at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in […]

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Nature-based projects are generating more environmental data than ever before. Satellites observe landscapes from orbit, while field teams capture what is happening on the ground. Yet these data sources often […] The post LatConnect 60 and Phi Earth Partner to Connect Space and Soil appeared first on SpaceNews.

Researchers have discovered that Western Australia’s iron-rich rocks can naturally generate hydrogen and that the process may be boosted to produce much larger amounts. If it can be scaled up, the vast formations beneath the Pilbara could become a major new source of low-emission energy for Australia and potentially the world.

A biodegradable plastic built from the same chemical family used in many everyday polymers could be transformed by an unexpected ingredient: agricultural waste. A review published in Polymer Bulletin describes how polybutylene succinate, or PBS, can be reinforced with materials including rice husk, cassava pulp, wood flour, fruit pomace, nutshell powder, natural fibers and thermoplastic […]

Microalgae are being investigated as compact biological factories for renewable fuels, and a new study suggests that an ionic liquid can help recover their energy-rich lipids under relatively mild processing conditions. Researchers working with the freshwater cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp. found that tetrabutyl ammonium iodide, or TBAI, produced its highest lipid yield when the algae-to-ionic-liquid ratio […]

A newly reported Indian mustard variety is being positioned for a very specific but important agricultural window: timely sowing under irrigated conditions in north-western and central India. Named Pusa Mustard 37, the line is described as an “extra-bold seeded” variety in a research article published in the Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. The […]

Nigerian Poultry Farmers Recognize Bird Flu’s Economic Threat—but Many Underestimate the Risk to Their Own Health Avian influenza is widely known as a disease that can devastate poultry businesses, but a new study in southwestern Nigeria suggests that many farmers still do not fully understand its danger as a human infection. Researchers surveying 102 poultry […]

France’s spirulina farms are turning a traditionally warm-climate crop into a distinctly temperate form of biotechnology. A survey of 45 production facilities across 29 departments shows that small-scale growers have converged on a practical system for cultivating Limnospira—the cyanobacterium commonly sold as spirulina—despite major differences in geography, weather and farm experience. Most facilities use shallow […]

Subterranean clover's ability to bury its seed supports pasture persistence but makes commercial seed harvesting difficult. The industry relies on aging Horwood-Bagshaw (HB) suction harvesters, which collect seed from fully dry crops after repeated tillage and raking.

Cashew breeders in India have identified a small group of varieties that produced consistently under changing growing conditions, offering a potential route toward more reliable nut harvests in coastal agriculture. The study evaluated 25 cashew varieties across six agricultural seasons and used two statistical approaches to separate genetic performance from environmental effects. The results highlighted […]

Advances in AI, perception and edge computing, plus more off-the-shelf tech, are helping startups build more flexible ag robots faster, says Reservoir founder Danny Bernstein. The post ‘The whole system is now more investable’: Reservoir makes the case for ag robotics appeared first on AgFunderNews.

A new pearl millet hybrid named RHB 273 has been reported for drought-prone agricultural conditions in India, drawing attention to a crop widely associated with farming under heat, limited rainfall and difficult soils. The hybrid is presented in the Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding as a three-way hybrid developed for drought-prone ecology. Its […]

X says 200 bot accounts were publishing anti-American AI posts targeting and amplifying legitimate data center concerns.

ITHACA, N.Y. — A new research and extension project led by Cornell University and GLASE in collaboration with Hoogendoorn Growth Management has been awarded $300,000 in funding to combine and refine a greenhouse energy model with a crop growth and climate control model for teen-leaf lettuce for the next two years. Read the USDA Announcement […] The post USDA NIFA Funds New GLASE Technology Transfer Project appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When Maggie Will returns to The Hershey Co. in January, it will be her third time working for the company in the past three years, and this time truly will be a charm. Will, of Elizabethtown, is a food science major in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and has completed […] The post Food Science Student Lands Research Job With Hershey After Two Internships appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

A forest can look orderly from a distance while functioning as a complex three-dimensional network beneath the canopy. Now, a study of poplar plantations suggests that the arrangement of trees may influence that hidden world of soil microbes, nutrients and enzymes—and that making a plantation more random is not necessarily better. The strongest soil responses […]

As agricultural drone adoption accelerates globally, manufacturers are increasingly focusing on specialized adjuvants and formulations. The post Adjuvants Take Flight: Formulating for the Drone Era appeared first on CropLife.

Solinftec expands Solix autonomy with autonomous refills, 85% chemical reductions, new models and Amazon parts access for farmers. The post Solinftec to Launch Ag Robotics’ First Amazon Parts Store as U.S. Solix Acreage Grows 15-Fold appeared first on CropLife.

Discover how digital tools are helping advance water quality initiatives, increase efficiency, and provide better insights for nutrient management throughout Ohio's ag landscape. The post Tech Talk: H2Ohio & MyFarms on Modernizing Nutrient Management Planning appeared first on CropLife.

As fertilizer prices remain elevated, researchers at South Dakota State University are developing an innovative solution to corn's nitrogen supply problems by taking inspiration from an ancient Mexican variety and root nodules found on soybeans. In a new study, published in Plant and Soil, the researchers demonstrate how hydrogel beads may offer a promising way to naturally supply plants with nitrogen.

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The X Safety Team said that at least 200 bot accounts have been making posts to influence public opinion data centers and energy policy. The accounts share links to legitimate news stories and then add their own spin designed to inflame emotions.

arXiv:2608.26613v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study provides a comprehensive benchmarking of conventional machine learning (ML), ensemble learning, deep neural networks, recurrent architectures, Transformers, graph based models, and hybrid ensemble deep learning approaches under complementary renewable energy scenarios. Three datasets are considered: a large scale WEC dataset, a 16 WEC dataset, and operational 10 min SCADA measurements at the Penmanshiel wind farm. For structured WEC layout data, tree ensembles exhibited a clear advantage over conventional ML and neural predictors because randomized partitioning and boosting efficiently captured nonlinear layout power interactions without requiring explicit feature representation learning. The Extra Trees was the strongest model, achieving considerable results. Relative to the MLP baseline, this corresponds to an approximately 63.7% reduction in MAE, demonstrating the suitability of randomized tree ensembles for high

Every one of 212 plant-based meat alternatives and drinks tested in the UK contained at least one naturally occurring fungal toxin, though concentrations remained below recommended EU guideline levels. Researchers say the bigger question is whether regularly eating large amounts of these foods could lead to potentially concerning cumulative exposure over time.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Join Michigan State University Extension and the Monroe County Conservation District for the 2026 Tillage and Soil Health Field Day on Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Setzler Farms in Monroe County, 12400 Strasburg Rd, La Salle, MI 48145. Check-in begins at 9 a.m. Pre-registration is required […] The post Tillage and Soil Health Field Day on Sept. 9 appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

A new open-source software framework is turning the soil beneath our feet into a living digital object—one that can change as rainfall, drought, irrigation, temperature and biological activity reshape the hidden world underground. Called Digital Pedon, the system is designed to create dynamic “digital twins” of soil profiles by combining sensor readings, satellite observations, standardized […]

Tanzanian researchers team up with journalists to protect banana farmers from the destructive banana bunchy top virus.

X found a bot farm in its investigation of inauthentic Chinese accounts. Out of 200,000 bots, 200 allegedly focused on posting against AI data centers.

Scientists have developed a hydroponic platform that makes it possible to watch and measure a part of grass biology that has long been difficult to study: the development of nodal roots emerging from the plant’s stem. The system, described in Plant Methods, allows researchers to induce these shoot-borne roots under controlled conditions and then examine […]

Learn why scientists asked 1,000 volunteers to bury their underwear underground and then dig them up again to help study soil health.

Different cover crops may affect how plants defend themselves against pests—including by attracting more insects that eat harmful caterpillars—according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Italian archaeologists have uncovered an ancient landscape beneath Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revealing a first-century quarry and burial site that aligns with biblical descriptions of Jesus' burial.

With high-stakes congressional elections near, farm and biofuel companies are warning the White House against moves that they say would undermine new biofuel-blending rules and hurt farmers.

Farmers and foresters manage around 80% of Germany's land area. They are therefore key agents of change in protecting biodiversity—and are often accused of not doing enough to protect it.

The genome—which contains genes encoded in DNA—acts as the fundamental blueprint of life. But what you might not know is that, in addition to this genetic information, we have something akin to an "instruction manual" for how genes should be handled. This instruction manual is known as the epigenome.

The future of California agriculture may depend on solving some problems that farmers simply cannot solve on their own. In Part 2 of his conversation on the AgNet News Hour, ... Read More The post Bowles Farming Company Part 2: Labor, Technology and the Fight to Keep Farming appeared first on AgNet West.

We share our planet with millions of plants and animals. This variety of life is known as biodiversity, a term encompassing everything from microscopic genes to entire ecosystems, such as deserts and vibrant coral reefs.

A New Sensor System Tracks Carbon Emissions From Bamboo Stems and Soil in Real Time Bamboo may look like a rapid carbon-storage machine, but measuring exactly how much carbon moves through a bamboo forest is surprisingly difficult. Carbon does not enter or leave an ecosystem through leaves alone: living stems respire, roots exchange gases with […]

A Fertilizer Formula Nearly Doubled Wheat Yields in Ethiopia’s Northwestern Highlands A carefully calibrated fertilizer combination has more than doubled bread wheat yields in parts of Ethiopia’s northwestern highlands, according to a field study conducted in the Debark and Wogera districts of the Amhara Region. The researchers found that applying 161 kilograms of nitrogen per […]

In Nigeria, a simple change in how densely okra is planted—and how weeds are controlled—could dramatically reshape the economics of one of Africa’s most important vegetable crops. A two-year field experiment has found that planting okra at 166,667 plants per hectare and combining a pre-emergence application of the herbicide metolachlor with supplementary hoe weeding produced […]