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India’s diets remain dominated by rice and wheat, and the nutritional consequences are now starkly quantified. A new review published in Discover Agriculture argues that a largely forgotten reservoir of indigenous plants could help close one of the country’s most stubborn nutrition gaps. The study, led by Vaishnavi Tamma and Prayagha Ramesh Kumar with EeVon […]

MASON, Ohio — American agriculture is short on hands and long on acres. Farmers and ranchers now lean on artificial intelligence and smart systems to close that gap, from autosteering tractors to sensor-driven barns. The technology already works the land in more ways than most producers realize, and the reach keeps growing. The Labor Squeeze […] The post How AI and Smart Systems Can Reduce Strain From Labor Shortages in the Agricultural Industry appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Gotu kola, the humble creeping herb known scientifically as Centella asiatica, has quietly become one of the most sought-after plants on the planet. Its leaves contain a family of triterpenoid saponins called centellosides—including asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid, and madecassic acid—that drive wound healing, neuroprotection, and antioxidant defenses. The cosmetics industry alone has built a market […]

The transition to climate-neutral agriculture is one of the most consequential undertakings of the twenty-first century, and a new analysis published in npj Sustainable Agriculture argues that the tools society uses to plan that transition matter as much as the technologies and policies behind it. The study examines how strategic foresight, a structured family of […]

Packaging already tells us where food comes from, when it was made, what's in it and how many calories it contains. But researchers see a future where packaging can "see," in real time, what's happening inside and translate that into information that producers and consumers can act on.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Editing a plant’s genes is only half the battle. Before a new, improved trait can ever reach a farmer’s field, scientists must be able to grow a whole plant from just a few edited cells — a process that can be slow, unreliable and, for some plant species, impossible. A new […] The post New Gene-Editing Tool Speeds Regeneration of Hard-To-Breed Perennial Crops appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the FY27 Crop & Livestock Research Grant Program. Funds for the program are appropriated to the agency by the Kansas Legislature from the State Water Plan Fund. The state’s Crop & Livestock Research Grant Program has developed over the years to support research efforts […] The post KDA Announces Crop & Livestock Research Grant Opportunity appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Scientists in Australia have developed a robust and reproducible genetic transformation system for Brassica carinata, an ancient East African oilseed that is rapidly emerging as one of the most promising non-food feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. The new protocol, described in the journal Plant Molecular Biology, delivers stable transformation efficiencies of at […]

Beneath the ploughed surface of the world’s croplands lies a carbon reservoir that climate scientists have long overlooked. While decades of research have focused on soil organic carbon — the decomposed remnants of plants and microbes — a new twelve-year field experiment in China suggests that deep soil layers may be quietly locking away vast […]

Commitment aims to support the growth of winter canola in the Southern Great Plains of the U.S., as a feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. The post Bayer and Neste Close Commercial Agreement to Jointly Scale Newgold Winter Canola for Biofuels Production appeared first on CropLife.

JV to amplify both companies' complementary expertise to develop, scale, deliver differentiated crop protection solutions in high-growth markets. The post Corteva, Globachem Form a Joint Venture to Advance Development, Commercialization of New Formulated Crop Protection Solutions appeared first on CropLife.

Proactive approach prevents costly insect infestations that eat away at grain volume, quality and value. The post Central Life Sciences Introduces Customizable Grain Protection Protocol to Defend Profit Potential of Stored Grain appeared first on CropLife.

Who isn't familiar with the colorful coral reefs from movies like "Finding Nemo" or "The Little Mermaid"? Unfortunately, the reality is often quite different, as these vital ecosystems are under pressure worldwide. Climate change and pollution are causing corals to bleach and die. Even the most resilient coral reefs of the United States are now threatened.

Researchers have examined how weakening currents in the Atlantic Ocean could impact global agriculture — and the results are concerning.

From SciENMAG Science News Desk — Agricultural AI Seeing Ripeness Through Smart Glasses: Lightweight AI Brings Real-Time Harvest Decisions to Cherry Tomato Fields In greenhouses where cherry tomatoes hang in dense, multi-colored clusters, the difference between a perfectly timed harvest and a costly one can come down to subtle shifts in skin color that human […]

"Venture still runs on trust, taste, ambition, and contact with the physical world, and AI raises the price of that judgment." The post How AgFunder is using AI to build a venture firm that remembers appeared first on AgFunderNews.

Two newly published studies from Trinity College Dublin scientists raise significant concerns about the use of agricultural fungicides.That is because they show fungicides can rapidly drive soil microbes to evolve multidrug resistance to clinically important drugs and, when combined with warmer temperatures, disrupt soil microbes in ways that negatively affect plant growth.

On a recent episode of the AgNet News Hour, the conversation covered both the current California almond season and a new approach to protecting high-value crops from birds and other ... Read More The post Almond Harvest Updates and New Technology to Protect California Crops appeared first on AgNet West.

The 60,000-sq-m Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) has opened to the public in China’s Jiangsu province, designed by ARTS Group, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Shuishi and Via.inc on the… The post New Suzhou art gallery inspired by traditional gardens appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Microplastics are now everywhere in the environment, from the deepest ocean trenches to the soil beneath our feet, and scientists are racing to develop reliable ways to find and measure them. A persistent problem in this effort has been a blind spot at the very heart of the analytical process: most laboratory tests used to […]

Researchers in southern China have reported the first molecular detection and genetic characterization of two enteric unicellular microorganisms—Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Blastocystis—in farmed chukar partridges (Alectoris chukar), a finding that adds a new bird species to the growing list of potential reservoir hosts for pathogens of public health concern. The study, published in Acta Parasitologica, surveyed […]

arXiv:2609.11766v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Advanced crop monitoring inside greenhouses is becoming one of the primary objectives of research centers. High-performance sensors, such as LiDAR or stereo cameras, have traditionally been employed for this purpose, though these often have a high cost. This work proposes a Visual-SLAM system using a monocular camera, which is significantly more cost-effective and specifically tailored for agricultural applications, such as mapping tomato crops in a greenhouse. Tests were carried out on a real tomato bunch, located in the Agroconnect experimental greenhouse. A ROS 2 Humble node was developed to run on the robot in order to capture images of these crops, which were then stored for offline processing. To generate a 3D mapped model for the crop in the greenhouse, the GLOMAP mapper, based on Structure-From-Motion, was integrated with the Hierarchical Localization toolbox. This initial mapping is a foundation for future, more advanced

arXiv:2609.11445v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable robot deployment requires online failure monitoring, yet existing monitors mainly derive risk from proxy signals or train dedicated monitoring components. We ask whether the internal predictive states of a frozen pretrained robotic world model already contain directly decodable failure information. Failure-Aware Readout from World Models (FARM) trains only a 33,985-parameter supervised readout over frozen VLA-JEPA predictive states, producing step-wise failure scores and causal trajectory risk. Five-fold out-of-fold evaluation across seven source tasks reaches 85.68/88.59 pooled AUROC/AUPRC, and FARM gives the best Seen performance among 15 matched baselines on the 10-task benchmark. Across four real-robot populations on PIPER X, SO-101, and Franka, fixed-readout transfer and readout-only adaptation test deployment shifts without updating the predictive backbone. FARM also discriminates failures from partial causal histories and

In a sweeping systematic review that reads like a botanical map of Himalayan women’s health, researchers have catalogued 395 plant species drawn from 117 families and 298 genera that Nepalese communities have long used to treat gynecological disorders. The study, published in Plant Biosystems, applied the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) […]

Every year, billions of liters of used frying oil are poured down drains, dumped into landfills, or collected at considerable expense by waste management companies. A new study published in the journal Discover Industrial Chemistry and Materials suggests that this greasy nuisance could become a genuinely useful energy resource, thanks to a bacterial enzyme immobilized […]

Hydroponics has long been one of plant science’s most valuable workhorses. Growing plants with their roots suspended in carefully formulated nutrient solutions allows researchers to watch root development unfold in real time, apply treatments with surgical precision, and sidestep the stubborn variability of soil. Yet for all its advantages, hydroponic cultivation has often remained a […]

Smallholder wheat farmers in Northwestern Ethiopia are selling just over half of their harvest, according to a new study that offers one of the most detailed portraits yet of how close, and how far, the region’s staple-crop agriculture remains from full market integration. The research, published in BMC Agriculture, surveyed 395 wheat-producing households across the […]

The global poultry industry stands at a critical crossroads as antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to render once-reliable antibiotics ineffective against dangerous pathogens. A comprehensive new review published in Veterinary Medicine and Science examines how medicinal plants could become the cornerstone of poultry health management in the emerging post-antibiotic era, offering a promising alternative that aligns […]

Agricultural soils around the world carry a hidden burden that has been accumulating for decades. Persistent pesticides, legacy organochlorine compounds, triazine herbicides, and toxic metals such as cadmium, lead, and arsenic have seeped into the ground through intensive agrochemical use, moving through soil pore networks, dissolving into soil water, and ultimately contaminating groundwater and crops. […]

Microalgae have long been heralded as one of the most promising feedstocks for the renewable fuels of the future, but anyone who has spent time in an algal cultivation facility knows how quickly optimism can turn to frustration. Open ponds and photobioreactors are living ecosystems, and living ecosystems get invaded. When a contaminating organism slips […]

UK gardens took a battering this summer as a heat dome settled over western Europe, and much of the green and pleasant land turned a dusty beige.

Editing a plant's genes is only half the battle. Before a new, improved trait can ever reach a farmer's field, scientists must be able to grow a whole plant from just a few edited cells—a process that can be slow, unreliable and, for some plant species, impossible.

A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.

Researchers have unveiled a lithium-ion battery separator that pairs the workhorse durability of polypropylene with the rapid biodegradability of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate), better known as PBAT, and manufactured it using an industrial gravure printing process. The study, published in the Journal of Materials Science: Polymers, reports that the printed, chain-extended PBAT–polypropylene membrane achieves an ionic conductivity […]

DJI drones that already supply Mount Everest camps assist Nepal’s flood relief.

Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology's (SMART) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group, alongside collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), and institutions in the United States, Poland and France, have discovered aminovaleramididine synthetase (AvaS), the first identified pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme responsible for producing a chemical modification linked to how bacteria respond to metabolic stress.

China’s GEAIR 2.0 humanoid robot pollinates tomato flowers in under 10 seconds, combining AI, robotics and gene editing for crop breeding and farm automation. The post China’s GEAIR 2.0 Robot Pollinates Crops in Under 10 Seconds appeared first on TechRepublic.

If you want to drum up support for environmental action, putting climate change front and center may not always be the best strategy. A new study by Aya Takagi and Ryosuke Nakadai of Yokohama National University suggests that support for policies that emphasize biodiversity conservation, including conservation measures that also contribute to climate goals, may be less divided along cultural lines than measures explicitly associated with climate change.

Wars harm species and ecosystems and erode biodiversity conservation institutions and support. Given that environmental protection is essential for long-term peace and security, biodiversity conservation should not be abandoned in times of crisis. Scientists and the international community should work to monitor ecological damage and incorporate conservation into diplomatic resolutions to conflicts.

Apple orchard robots are being developed by researchers at Cornell University to take on some of the most labor-intensive tasks in apple production. The four-year, $7.5 million USDA-funded project will explore ... Read More The post Apple Orchard Robots Target Labor Challenges appeared first on AgNet West.

Innovations often completely transform systems of production. The invention of production lines transformed automobile manufacturing. The innovation of cellphones transformed people’s ability to communicate. Similarly, … The post Continuous Cropping and GM Crops Improve Soil Health appeared first on SAIFood.

Knip is not competing with bulk proteins used in animal feed such as soy and fishmeal, says CEO Caitlin Wege. The post Knip bets on postbiotics, not commodity protein, as it scales biomass fermentation appeared first on AgFunderNews.

In drought-prone regions of Ethiopia, growing more food could start with something as simple as keeping more rainwater in the ground.

Green manure could be one of the most underused tools in the fight against soil degradation, according to a comprehensive new review that synthesizes decades of research on the practice in Bangladesh and around the world. The study, published in the journal Discover Agriculture, argues that incorporating fast-growing plants such as dhaincha, sunn hemp, and […]

A family of nanoparticles—tiny, biodegradable molecules commonly used to deliver drugs to patients—shows promise in treating Alzheimer's disease without additional medication, according to new research from a University of Alberta neuroscientist.

These new findings could help scientists adapt crops to dry environmental conditions in the future. Plants rely on sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen through different forms of photosynthesis. Drought can make that process far more difficult. A research group led by Wolfram Weckwerth at the University of Vienna [...]

Beneath the quiet canopy of cold-temperate poplar-birch forests in northern China, an invisible metabolic drama is unfolding. As secondary forests recover from disturbance and mature over decades, the microbial communities in the soil beneath them are renegotiating their relationship with carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus—and the outcome of that negotiation may shape how much carbon these […]

Forage crops—the grasses and legumes that underpin the world’s meat and dairy industries—have long been treated as a single, uniform category in plant biotechnology. A new review published in Plant Cell Reports argues that this assumption has quietly distorted decades of research effort, and that the field’s stubborn failure to achieve genotype-independent transformation in these […]

Multi-billion-dollar buildouts for AI partners, but an increasing number of food-stamp recipients among one's employees?

Microplastics have quietly become one of the most pervasive contaminants in the modern food supply, and a new comprehensive review published in Current Research in Food Science argues that the gastrointestinal tract—the very first point of contact for ingested plastic particles—may be where their most consequential biological effects begin. The review, authored by Zahra Beyzaei […]

Researchers have discovered a system that helps seeds survive when there is too much salt in the soil. The system helps young germinating embryos keep the right balance of sodium and potassium as they begin to grow. Understanding how it works could eventually help scientists develop crops that grow better in salty soils.

Wheat feeds billions of people, but the hidden half of the plant—the root system that anchors it and draws water and nutrients from the soil—has long remained one of the most difficult traits for scientists to study and breeders to improve. Now, a team of Danish researchers has revealed that the deepest soil layers hold […]

Most men are unaware that a widely consumed part of the American diet has been linked to prostate cancer risk. A new national survey found that only 20% of men knew about the reported association between dairy consumption and prostate cancer. After learning about it, 66% said they would be likely to avoid dairy products. [...]

Willow trees have quietly shaped human medicine for millennia, from ancient brews of willow bark to the synthesis of aspirin, yet the chemistry behind this botanical pharmacy has never been fully predictable. A new study from Polish researchers now reveals just how dramatically the medicinal potential of willows shifts with species, plant organ, season, and […]

Patagonia is becoming increasingly attractive to hyperscalers seeking to avoid the fuss of planning regulations and public opposition.

Dog walkers scrolling through their phones, deep in conversation or simply absorbed in the rhythms of an afternoon stroll may be failing to notice the moment their pets foul a path, flush a ground-nesting bird or wander toward a field of cattle, according to new research from the University of Surrey. The findings, published in […]

Learn more about the largest Viking silver hoard in Denmark, a garden discovered by chance in their yard. 

For thousands of years, human urine has had real value. After our bodies absorb nutrients from our food, they excrete the rest—mainly via urine. An adult produces about 500 liters (132 gallons) a year. This liquid gold is very rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, three nutrients vital for plant growth.

TUCKER, Ga. — USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation have approved four new Board Research Initiative (BRI) topics for this year’s competition. The boards of directors for both organizations approved the topics following recommendations from the Foundation Research Advisory Committee (FRAC). This committee assesses research proposals for their relevance to the industry and advises the boards […] The post USPOULTRY and Foundation Approve Four New Board Research Initiative Topics appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Subsidies for emerging technology that allows seafood to be produced on land would boost the UK's food security and deliver significant climate benefits, new research shows.

Four Renoir paintings are stolen from a French Riviera museum, but two are abandoned in the garden as police arrive. Two priceless works remain missing.

Researchers have developed biodegradable particles with microscopic needles that painlessly puncture the skin to help it absorb drugs delivered through patches or creams.

Tamil Nadu fisheries scientist Dr. P. Krishnan has been elected Chair of FAO’s global Regional Fishery Body Secretariats’ Network, while India advances its national plan for small-scale fishers.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meals programme is facing renewed scrutiny after yet another wave of mass food poisoning that affected more than 2,000 students, raising questions about why safeguards on paper fail to translate to food safety on the ground. A series of illnesses were reported in Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi in the past week. The latest was on Tuesday in Rembang, Central Java, where 200 students of an Islamic school showed symptoms of food poisoning...

Rice, the staple crop that feeds more than half of humanity, has a persistent and well-documented problem: it accumulates arsenic from flooded paddy soils with alarming efficiency, delivering one of the largest dietary sources of this carcinogenic metalloid to people who eat it regularly. For years, the most celebrated agronomic fix has been silicon. Rice […]

arXiv:2609.06740v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Smart agriculture platforms usually bundle AI diagnosis, IoT sensing and decision push into a single package, so the green benefit attributable to each component remains unclear and resource-allocation decisions lack quantitative evidence. Building on a previous platform-level Monte Carlo assessment, this paper makes the components explicit and runs two controlled simulation experiments. Experiment 1 follows the chain from AI capability to farmer behavior to agrochemical input reduction, modeling pesticide/fertilizer reduction as avoidable blind-application share times prescription effectiveness times decision-touch coverage times adoption rate, and compares an experienced-extension mode with the AI mode: the probability of reaching 20% pesticide reduction is essentially zero in the extension mode but 20.7% at baseline, up to 49% with diagnosis accuracy 0.95 and adoption 0.85 under AI; the probability of 15% fertilizer reduction rises

High above the fields of the Morven Sustainability Lab, drones equipped with heat and light sensors are changing

Researchers in China have developed and field-tested an intelligent obstacle avoidance system that allows large agricultural machinery, such as tractors, to detect, track, predict, and smoothly avoid moving obstacles in complex field environments. The system, described in a study published in the open-access journal Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, combines data from a 3D LiDAR sensor […]

In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about gut microbes, methane emissions, and the health of the world’s dairy herds, researchers have produced the first comprehensive map of the viral communities living in the guts of dairy cattle across four distinct life stages. The study, published in the journal Microbiome, reveals an enormous […]

National polling shows Americans increasingly oppose local AI data centers, citing concerns over water, electricity costs, land use, and community impacts.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Gaps in broadband, mobile, and radio connectivity continue to create significant challenges for first responders in rural Pennsylvania, according to new research released by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.  The report, Broadband Connectivity Among Rural First Responders in Pennsylvania, was conducted by Christopher Ali, Ph.D., Abigail Simmerman, and DongWook Jeong of  Pennsylvania […] The post New Research Examines Communication Challenges Facing Rural Pennsylvania First Responders appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three years of working in Penn State’s Dairy Barns have been impactful for Hannah Mansfield, a spring 2026 College of Agricultural Sciences graduate who is pursuing a master’s degree in animal science. The Greenville, North Carolina, native did not grow up on a farm. But, she said, by living and working on the University dairy farm […] The post Penn State Dairy Barns Made Animal Science Student ‘Feel at Home' appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

EarthDaily’s Territory Insights transforms satellite imagery into actionable intelligence, helping agribusinesses identify risks, optimize resources, and make smarter decisions. The post Tech Talk: Scaling Agricultural Intelligence With Territory Insights appeared first on CropLife.

GROWMARK’s AI-powered agronomy tools help retailers and agronomists turn years of farm data into faster insights, customized reports, and stronger grower outcomes. The post From Data Overload to Actionable Insights: How AI Is Transforming Agronomy appeared first on CropLife.

Ancient books reveal 3,700-year sheep pox history. Continue reading Ancient DNA hidden in old books solves a livestock virus mystery on Tech Explorist.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Innovative farmers and ranchers often try new production practices and management strategies. But change can involve significant risk, requiring producers to carefully test and research their ideas before making big decisions. SARE’s newest bulletin, 10 Steps for Conducting Research on Your Farm or Ranch, provides a practical framework that can help producers […] The post 10 Steps for Conducting Research on Your Farm or Ranch appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

COBLESKILL, N.Y.  – SUNY Cobleskill Ag & Tech has received a $30,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to build a prototype virtual reality (VR) course in agricultural engineering and lay the groundwork to test it with students, a step toward giving rural and place-bound farmers a way […] The post SUNY Cobleskill Ag & Tech Awarded USDA Grant to Develop Virtual Reality Course in Agricultural Engineering appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Small mammals called plateau pikas are often treated as pests because they compete with livestock for food, but research from China shows they can improve the quality of vegetation for grazing yaks.

Dog walkers distracted by their phones, conversations or other demands can fail to notice their pets defecating, disturbing wildlife or approaching livestock, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

Packaged food usually sits in plastic-lined bags designed to keep air, moisture and contaminants out. That same protection can also increase the chances of chemicals from the packaging seeping into the food. When a chemical raises health concerns, industries often swap it for a molecular cousin, a substitution that may either be genuinely safer or simply be too understudied to know whether it is harmful. With thousands of chemicals in use, one-by-one regulation can't keep pace, so untested replacements can slide through unchecked.

Several chronic diseases—obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers—have been linked to lifestyles and diets high in calories, based on processed foods and lacking diversity and nutritional value.

Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.

Avian influenza viruses are continuing to circulate widely in the environments where humans and poultry intersect in China, even as the country’s aggressive vaccination and culling strategy has suppressed the most dangerous H5 and H7 lineages in recent years. That is the central finding of a new surveillance study published in Virology Journal, in which […]

Researchers have unveiled a comprehensive new blueprint for the future of agriculture, introducing a concept called the Farming of Things (FoT) — a five-layer cyber-physical architecture that promises to transform farms into intelligent, self-regulating ecosystems where sensors, smartphones, edge servers, and cloud-hosted artificial intelligence work in seamless concert. The study, published in Smart Agricultural Technology […]

In the peri-urban farming communities that ring Niamey, the capital of Niger, climate change is not an abstract future threat but a lived, seasonal reality. Rainfall in the city has collapsed from 458.87 mm in 1997 to just 141.71 mm in 2020, and the West African Sahel is projected to warm faster than the global […]

Eggplant, one of the world’s most beloved vegetables and a staple of cuisines from South Asia to the Mediterranean, is getting a twenty-first-century makeover. A sweeping new review published in the journal Discover Plants synthesizes a decade of breakthroughs in eggplant genetics, genomics, and biotechnology, arguing that the combined power of genome-wide association studies, quantitative […]

This summer, 115 participants in Leiden and The Hague worked with scientists from Leiden University to investigate the soil life in their community garden plots. With mangetout peas, a taste test, a buried pair of underpants and a harvest festival, they helped scientists better understand the connection between soil, plants and people.

Biologists studying how bacteria break down a new generation of plant-based bioplastics -- long-chain aliphatic polyesters -- have discovered an enzyme that can dismantle both plastic and antibiotics. The post Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

What makes more sense when farming wheat—strips of wildflowers along fields or organic farming? Both options provide financial support via the European Union as environmentally friendly and sustainable farming practices. An international research team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, has compared the ecological and economic benefits of these two farming methods in fields planted with winter wheat.

A viral video showing a Greater Manchester Police officer allegedly punching a man during an arrest has sparked concerns over police conduct. The incident involved injuries to two officers.

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A Mesopotamian culture’s decorated ceramics show some early roots of math, researchers argued.

Meghan Markle's new Cotswolds neighbour Josie Irons jokes about bumping into the Duchess at Daylesford and reveals what she would say to her.

In the sprawling medicinal herb plantations of Bozhou, in China’s Anhui Province, a quiet technological revolution is taking root. Researchers have unveiled a new artificial intelligence system that allows weeding robots to distinguish crops from weeds with unprecedented accuracy in one of agriculture’s most visually chaotic environments—dense, mature fields of Paeonia lactiflora, a prized traditional […]

99.9 per cent of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning. The post “A great result:” 26 turbines from first commercial wind farm almost completely recycled and reused appeared first on Renew Economy.