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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 […]

arXiv:2608.25539v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A plant-health score can appear precise while resting on duplicated image families, a long-tailed label space, or a runtime file that was never evaluated. We present CropCop, a closed-set recognition system spanning 120 operational plant-health classes and an evidence chain from corpus reconstruction to direct execution of the final quantised artifact. Starting from 117,546 audited images, we rejected the inherited partition after confirming 3,233 duplicate relationships across split boundaries and froze a 109,107-image benchmark with zero crossings among the audited trusted leakage groups and a 151.7 largest-to-smallest class ratio. A fully fine-tuned DINOv3 ConvNeXt-Tiny reference achieved 98.51% accuracy and 96.87% macro-F1 on the locked internal test. A compact MobileNetV4 Conv-Medium derivative achieved 98.46% accuracy and 96.27% macro-F1 without being presented as evidence for a new distillation method. Validation-only

arXiv:2608.25376v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Traditional path planning methods are often constrained by local optima, limited scalability, and slow convergence, which significantly restrict their effectiveness in solving large-scale problems. To address these limitations, this paper shifts the problem-solving paradigm from algorithmic refinement to parallelization of computational architecture. We propose a novel optimization framework utilizing a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-parallelized Ising solver. Our method mimics the operational principles of quantum annealing on GPU hardware, enabling rapid search for the minimum-energy state of Ising models. Unlike physical quantum devices, which are often constrained by the number of qubits, our approach leverages the Fixstars Amplify (FA) platform to perform parallel annealing on highly parallelized GPUs. This enables the simultaneous evaluation of thousands of potential path candidates and vast state transitions. By leveraging

Universities and biodiversity institutes have hidden treasures: their collections of pressed plant specimens. These plants have been flattened, dried and mounted on special cardboard sheets. Some were collected centuries ago. They hold information about where species occur and how ecosystems have changed over time.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In early August, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) hosted the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) 2026 Research Fellowship Kickoff at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. Organized by SEBS Associate Dean of Research Impact Janice McDonnell and ARIS Executive Director Susan Renoe, associate vice […] The post SEBS Hosts 2026 ARIS Research Fellowship Kickoff appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texans often view prickly pear cactus as a nuisance, but researchers with Texas A&M AgriLife Research are seeking opportunity. Susanne Talcott, Ph.D., a molecular researcher and professor in the Texas A&M Department of Food Science and Technology, leads a multidisciplinary team on grant studying how prickly pear cactus can serve as a source of biofuels and […] The post Research Explores New Markets for Prickly Pear Cactus appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

Soil is the foundation of our food supply. It stores water, carbon and nutrients and is home to a large share of the world's biodiversity. More than half of global biodiversity is estimated to live below ground. Yet biodiversity, and with it soil health, is declining worldwide, with consequences for agriculture, food security and the functioning of entire ecosystems.

Mangrove forests are often portrayed as unstoppable carbon factories: fast-growing trees rooted in tidal mud, capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and burying it in oxygen-poor sediments for centuries. Yet a new study suggests that the identity of the mangrove itself may determine whether that carbon becomes long-term climate storage or remains vulnerable to decomposition and loss. […]

Administrators of a sustainable agriculture research grant program are waiting on the Agriculture Department to release $48 million in funding in order to choose this year’s projects. If the money does not come through by the end of September, program supporters fear it will expire.

Soil may be hidden beneath our feet, but its biological activity could soon become one of the most visible indicators of ecosystem health—thanks to an unlikely scientific instrument: a pair of cotton underpants. A nationwide citizen-science experiment in Switzerland has shown that the rate at which buried cotton underwear decomposes can reveal major differences in […]

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid held talks with representatives of Italian companies Proger and Draxil on the latest developments in an investment project to produce second-generation bioethanol using bagasse generated from sugarcane processing, with targeted investments of around $278 million. The meeting reviewed the latest technical and implementation developments of the project, … The post Egypt, Italian firms discuss $278M bioethanol production project appeared first on Egypt Independent.

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The famous quote by Cicero, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need," reminds us that the beauty of life lies in the harmony between nature and knowledge. More than 2,000 years later, this idea still resonates, particularly with a group of European researchers who have created a unique type of "garden": one that grows from chemistry itself.

Soil may look still and silent, but beneath every forest floor lies a dynamic carbon system that influences food security, ecosystem health, and the pace of climate change. Now, researchers in China have developed a deep-learning model designed to predict how much organic carbon is stored in soil by combining environmental information across multiple spatial […]

A new metagenomic study from the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau has revealed that the identity of grazing livestock may help shape not only alpine grassland vegetation, but also the microscopic communities responsible for carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in soil. Published in Plant and Soil, the research compares soils associated with Tibetan sheep grazing, yak grazing, […]

A small mushroom farm can have a genuinely good product and still lose a sale online because the only photo available is a phone shot taken in a dim grow room, mushrooms piled in a plastic crate, nothing that makes anyone want to buy at any price. An AI Image Generator offered within Higgsfield gives […] This information How Small-Scale Specialty Farmers Are Using AI Image Tools to Market Farm Products Online Without a Photography Budget appeared first on AgriFarming

As part of its efforts to map out Europe's science-policy interface for biodiversity, a paper on the correlation between governance objectives for safeguarding the biosphere and on-the-ground realities for select species groups has been published. The work is in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Researchers are gauging the effectiveness of electron beams in the fight against foodborne pathogens in poultry. "Impact of Electron Beam (eBeam) Treatment on Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes of Ground Chicken and Turkey" is published in the journal Poultry Science. At the heart of the study is eBeam, a nonthermal technology that uses high-energy electron beams to cause irreparable damage to pathogen DNA.

In this conversation, Professor Rajeev Varshney reflects on the people behind the numbers, the scale and collaborative nature of modern science, and how agricultural genomics has transformed, translating discoveries into breeding and farmers' fields The post Beyond 100,000 Citations: Rajeev Varshney on Science, People and Purpose Behind the Numbers appeared first on Agriculture Post.

Wildfire smoke is usually discussed as an airborne pollutant and a threat to human health. But when smoke and rain coincide, nutrients released by burned landscapes rain back down. A new study finds that smoke-rain events can deliver large bursts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium—three nutrients essential to life—across ecosystems in the United States. As wildfires become more frequent, these nutrient pulses could become an increasingly important and largely overlooked ecological consequence of fire.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of kidney failure. Despite decades of research, treatment options for the disease remain limited, and many patients ultimately require dialysis or kidney transplantation.

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed BRIDGE (Biodegradable aRchitected Internal DrainaGE), a biodegradable, 3D-printed gastric stent that could improve treatment for gastric leaks, a serious complication following weight-loss surgery. By combining an advanced internal lattice design with biodegradable materials, the new device more than doubles drainage performance while potentially eliminating the need for a second procedure to remove the stent after healing.

Discover how this Oregon retailer is balancing emerging technologies, market volatility, and workforce priorities while building on five decades of customer-focused service. The post Marion Ag Service Looks to Technology and Team to Drive Its Next 50 Years appeared first on CropLife.

A study published in the journal Ecological Monographs indicates that large mammals, such as tapirs, peccaries, agoutis and deer, alter the chemical composition of litter and soil in tropical forests of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. As a result, they increase nutrient availability and, possibly, soil fertility.

The slang term "touch grass" encourages people to step away from the internet or devices and connect with the real world. New research from the University of Kansas has found that a project that helps resettled refugees and immigrants learn sustainable farming has many of the term's same benefits, improving people's mental and physical well-being and training them to run independent agricultural businesses.

Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Alaa Farouk on Tuesday attended the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Egypt’s Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) and Argentina’s National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA). The MoU is part of the ministry’s efforts to expand international co-operation and harness modern technologies to support the agricultural sector and […] The post Egypt, Argentina sign agricultural MoU to boost technology, food security appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

At Hampton Court Palace, head gardener Graham Dillamore strode across the burned beige grass in the spectacular formal gardens southwest of London, laid out in the 17th century.

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According to the receiver, UPSIDE terminated its asset purchase agreement in mid-August. No other qualifying bids have been received. The post BREAKING: UPSIDE Foods drops bid for Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat facility appeared first on AgFunderNews.

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, large mammals are doing far more than moving through the trees. Tapirs, peccaries, deer, and agoutis are acting as living agents of soil transformation, changing the chemistry of the forest floor and potentially increasing the availability of nutrients needed by plants. A new study published in Ecological Monographs has found that […]

The Land Institute and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in collaboration with key partners, have assembled the first chromosome-scale, haplotype-phased genomes for Silphium integrifolium (rosinweed, silflower) and Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant, silphie). This landmark research promises to expand and accelerate the development of more climate-resilient, sustainable perennial crops.

A pair of prairie plants with roots deep enough to reach several meters into the soil has moved closer to becoming a new generation of climate-resilient crops. Researchers at The Land Institute, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and collaborating institutions have assembled the first chromosome-scale, haplotype-phased genomes for two North American perennial species, Silphium integrifolium, commonly […]

The Supreme Court has spoken—but what does Monsanto v. Durnell actually mean? In this video, the National Agricultural Law Center explains...

Dung beetles could provide scientists with a new way to uncover the animals living in Singapore's forests, including elusive species that are difficult to spot with conventional wildlife surveys. NTU researchers found that DNA preserved in the insects' guts can reveal the mammals, birds and other vertebrates whose waste they have fed on.

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Farm Bureau’s ongoing commitment to safer roadways and rural communities was celebrated at the 2026 Distracted Driving Summit, where two Farm Bureau safety advocates were recognized for their efforts to improve transportation safety across the commonwealth. Hosted by DRIVE SMART Virginia, the 13th annual summit brought together 237 in-person attendees—industry leaders, scientists, […] The post Two VFB Safety Advocates Recognized at Annual DRIVE SMART Virginia Summit appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

ALBANY, Mo. – The Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center invites producers, agribusiness professionals and community members to attend its annual field day Thursday, Sept. 3, for updates on crop research and management strategies for northwestern Missouri farms. The free event will feature University of Missouri researchers and specialists discussing timely topics affecting corn and soybean production, including […] The post MU Hundley-Whaley Field Day to Showcase Crop Research, Management Strategies appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State University Extension, in partnership with the Trusted Advisor Partnership – Northern Plains, will host the End of Summer Soils Field Day on Sept. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CST. The field day will be held 7.5 miles southeast of Wyndmere, North Dakota. Participants will hear from researchers, […] The post NDSU Extension and Trusted Advisor Partnership to Host On-farm Soil Field Day appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), in cooperation with the Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN), annually award financial grants to support research that would benefit the Oregon nursery industry. These grants are funded primarily through the Nursery Research Assessment Fee, paid to the ODA through Oregon nursery license fees. In 2026, 13 projects were supported with a total allocation […] The post 2026-27 Nursery Research Grant Applications appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

A new study from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has shown that redesigning India's cereal cultivation patterns around nitrogen management could significantly reduce environmental damage while maintaining calorie production and improving agricultural sustainability.

A new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) suggests that India could cut agricultural pollution, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and save vast quantities of groundwater by reorganising cereal production around a single target: nitrogen surplus. The modelling study, published in Nature Communications, finds […]

Possums are among New Zealand's most destructive introduced mammals. They damage native forests, prey on wildlife and remain a major target of the country's Predator Free 2050 program.

Bacteria, too, depend on good neighborly relations: A new study by the Osnabrück University, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Cambridge in England, shows that soil bacteria live in beneficial communities and frequently exchange nutrients with one another. The study, led by Prof. Dr. Christian Kost, has now been published in the journal Nature Microbiology.

Soil bacteria may be far less self-sufficient than scientists have traditionally assumed. A large study of nearly 7,000 bacterial isolates from 27 soil microbial communities in Germany has found that many of these organisms cannot grow without receiving essential metabolites from other microbes. The results suggest that soil ecosystems are sustained by extensive biochemical partnerships […]

The 20,000-farmer-strong Keystone Cooperative will bring "the real-world, practical side of the farmer" to the venture-building process. The post Century-old Keystone Cooperative joins Alloy Partners’ venture studio for animal, human and planetary health appeared first on AgFunderNews.

As the world searches for low-emission energy sources, researchers have identified a potentially important source of clean energy beneath Western Australia’s red soil. Beneath Western Australia’s Pilbara region, vast iron ore deposits contain magnetite that may do more than supply raw material for industry. Research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) suggests the mineral could also [...]

Researchers found microalgae can be grown using waste from cultivated meat production, then processed and fed back into the system, replacing some of the expensive ingredients needed to grow new meat cells.

arXiv:2608.20582v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Temporal fluctuations of wind farm-generated power arise from the interaction between atmospheric turbulence, turbine properties, and wind-farm layout. However, accurately characterizing these fluctuations remains an open challenge. We here present and extend an analytical framework to predict the temporal spectrum of wind farm power-fluctuations, and compare its predictions with detailed large-eddy-simulations (LES) of a wind farm operating within a conventionally neutral boundary layer. The modeling framework assembles several established concepts from turbulent boundary layer physics: a spatio-temporal turbulence spectral model accounting for mean advection and assuming random sweeping by large eddies, a top-down wind farm model of a fully developed wind turbine array boundary layer flow providing the required mean-flow and turbulence scales, and a spatial sampling kernel representing turbine positions and finite rotor size. The

An abandoned farm field became a flourishing wildflower meadow within little more than a decade, with plant diversity doubling and thousands of orchids appearing naturally. The discovery suggests that simply giving nature time to recover could be a powerful and inexpensive tool for restoring biodiversity.

President Trump announced a tariff-free import of 300,000 metric tons of beef to lower prices, but failed to disclose suppliers, causing backlash from ranchers and lawmakers.

New research on plant-based foods and drinks found that hundreds of vegetarian and vegan products contained mycotoxins, naturally occurring poisonous compounds produced by fungi. Plant-based meats and drinks are often marketed as modern alternatives to traditional animal products, but many still rely on ingredients that face an age-old food safety problem: mold. A new study [...]

Meteoric plans to deploy drones and use mechanical action to dissipate low and mid-altitude clouds covering solar power plants. The startup says that it already has a working prototype that cut artificial clouds by 13%, and that its drones are far more economical to fly compared to traditional techniques.

Roman female farm managers likely oversaw valuable agricultural production rather than serving only as housekeepers. Across five centuries of Roman laws, literature, and grave inscriptions, female farm managers repeatedly appear in the surviving record. Yet modern historians have often treated them as housekeepers responsible for meals and domestic work, separate from the farm’s productive operations. [...]

A simpler method for measuring DNA-bound phosphorus could improve understanding of soil microbes and nutrient cycling. Scientists have created a simpler, more cost-effective way to measure a biologically important form of phosphorus in soil. The method offers a clearer view of how nutrients move through soils and could help guide more sustainable farming practices. Phosphorus [...]

Intelinair, an automated crop intelligence company that uses AI and machine learning to help growers and agronomic advisors […] The post Intelinair Named “AI-based AgTech Innovation of the Year” in 2026 AgTech Breakthrough Awards Program appeared first on CropLife.

A hidden partnership between aging plastic waste and agricultural pesticides could be changing how long chemical pollutants remain in soil. New research shows that tiny particles of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, can become significantly more effective at capturing the fluorinated pesticide fluensulfone after weathering. The finding challenges the common view of microplastics as chemically passive […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A fungus that causes laurel wilt can kill a sassafras tree in just a few weeks, and it’s a disease threatening sassafras in Kentucky and other members of the laurel family across the nation. Researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) are studying whether the […] The post UK Researchers Explore New Way to Protect Trees from Invasive Diseases appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

arXiv:2608.19930v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Timely, paddock-scale estimates of plant-available water (PAW) can support crop management in water-limited grain systems. We present the Sydney Soil Water-Energy Balance (SWEB) model, a scalable, physically consistent modelling framework that integrates satellite and climate data with soil properties to estimate crop evapotranspiration and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) at daily, 30 m resolution. SWEB was validated nationally against different SM monitoring networks across Australia, which demonstrated robust performance across diverse grain-growing environments (correlation coefficients generally ranged from 0.70 to 0.85 for most regions). In future applications, mid-season PAW nowcasts could be combined with water-use-efficiency approaches to estimate water-limited yield potential and inform responsive management decisions, such as nitrogen fertiliser top-up recommendations.

arXiv:2608.19930v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Timely, paddock-scale estimates of plant-available water (PAW) can support crop management in water-limited grain systems. We present the Sydney Soil Water-Energy Balance (SWEB) model, a scalable, physically consistent modelling framework that integrates satellite and climate data with soil properties to estimate crop evapotranspiration and root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) at daily, 30 m resolution. SWEB was validated nationally against different SM monitoring networks across Australia, which demonstrated robust performance across diverse grain-growing environments (correlation coefficients generally ranged from 0.70 to 0.85 for most regions). In future applications, mid-season PAW nowcasts could be combined with water-use-efficiency approaches to estimate water-limited yield potential and inform responsive management decisions, such as nitrogen fertiliser top-up recommendations.

Producing enough food is only one part of ensuring global food security. A new study shows that transport networks and economic inequality are important factors in determining global food accessibility. A research team led by the University of Oulu, together with researchers from Aalto University and Pellervo Economic Research (PTT), Finland, developed a new spatial accessibility framework to examine how effectively global transport systems connect food supply with demand under different economic and disruption scenarios.

Tropical mountain forests may be hiding a major biodiversity story several meters below the canopy. A study conducted in China’s Yunkai Mountain National Nature Reserve has revealed that the plants growing beneath the forest canopy do not follow the same biodiversity patterns as the trees above them. Instead, overstory and understory communities responded to elevation […]

LINCOLN, Neb. — What began as a connection between a Canadian startup and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln several years ago has grown into a southeast Nebraska operation developing cutting-edge autonomous farming technology. This spring, PTx Trimble celebrated the grand opening of its engineering facility in Seward, marking the latest chapter in a partnership that started […] The post Ties Between Canadian Startup, Nebraska U Lead to New Tech Facility in Seward appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

As nations race to restore ecosystems and curb climate change, research has shown that letting nature do the work is a cost-effective, viable solution. A study from the University of Queensland and the University of Newcastle found that natural forest regeneration delivered substantial carbon and biodiversity benefits and could be up to 96% cheaper than traditional tree-planting programs. The work is published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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The capital injection will help Mafix produce 1,000 tons of product for trials across the US, says cofounder Jade Marcus. The post Mafix raises $5.4m to activate silicate rock into climate-smart fertilizer appeared first on AgFunderNews.

HomeScienceVol. 393, No. 6813Biodiversity monitoring misses behaviorBack To Vol. 393, No. 6813 Full accessLetter Share on Biodiversity monitoring misses behaviorPeter Mikula, Daniel T. Blumstein, and Piotr TryjanowskiAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience20 Aug 2026Vol 393, Issue 6813p. 767 PREVIOUS ARTICLELearning to love the machinePreviousNEXT ARTICLEDryland restoration needs shared evidenceNext …

100 million years ago, long before human intervention, ancestors of grasses, including wheat, rice and maize, developed "bypasses" in chemical pathways used to create two critical compounds: lignin and starch. These more efficient pathways could explain why grass plants are so successful in nature and agriculture, according to a new paper published in Science on Aug. 20 by researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their collaborators.

Methane-munching microbes in soil might be more important than previously thought, a new study finds. Soil is an important carbon sink, and scientists are still learning much about the diversity of its microbial communities. They're being uncovered from Arctic soils to desert sands, and some of them are sucking down methane—a greenhouse gas about 27–30 times more potent than carbon dioxide over 100 years.

The attackers are exploiting internet-facing Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers to scout for potential targets.

Scientists analyzed the genomes of gut microorganisms from an extensive population of 875 wild house mice (Mus musculus) collected from farms in Germany. They searched for genes responsible for resistance to common antibiotics and correlated the presence of these ARGs in the mice with a range of environmental and host variables, such as land use and farming practices, livestock density for cattle, pigs and poultry, sex and physical condition of the mice, as well as climatic variables.

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A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to belong to entirely different worlds, yet their chromosomes preserve traces of a shared genomic past. More than 600 million years after the last common ancestor of all living animals, researchers have found that many of the chromosome-scale structures found across the animal kingdom still reflect […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers have developed a low-cost, semi-automated, AI-driven method that uses remote cameras to survey bumblebees and potentially other insects. The new tool could have important implications for efforts to conserve declining insect populations. This includes bumblebee species, several of which have been petitioned to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Researchers […] The post AI-Powered Camera System Offers Low-Cost Way to Monitor Bumblebees appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

arXiv:2608.18446v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: End-to-end imitation learning avoids hand-made robot motion for approaching and grasping, but the policy must still decide which fruit to pick and where to close the gripper. Occlusion can make the policy lose the selected fruit during harvesting, and the correct closing point is difficult to infer from pixels alone. This paper presents HarvestPoint-ACT, which makes both decisions explicit in perception and provides them to the policy. An instance segmentation front end with a keypoint branch predicts a mask and a harvest point for each visible fruit, where the harvest point specifies the location to close the gripper. A scheduler ranks detected candidates by occlusion and travel distance and selects one target. After each attempt, it redetects and reranks the candidates because the canopy may have changed. The selected fruit is encoded for an action chunking transformer as an eight-dimensional state, containing the absolute harvest

Millie Pradawong Using AI and CRISPR to Rethink Biofuel   Most teenagers spend their free time scrolling through social media, playing video games or hanging out with friends. Here is a 14-year-old who is creating history with science and technology. Yes, you read it right. Meet Millie Pradawong, who spends her time thinking about algae, gene […] The post Meet 14-Year-Old Millie Pradawong, Using AI and CRISPR to Rethink Biofuel   appeared first on BioTecNika.

Where they could once hop and amble freely, urbanization is diminishing amphibians' habitats. Yet small-scale water bodies managed by people—such as those found in the gardens of Japan's temples, shrines and schools—remain within urban areas, providing oases for our moist neighbors.

Nature provides resources to society, and the diversity of species (think of pollinators, for example) is expected to underpin human economies. So why are the poorest countries also those richest in wildlife, containing a high number of different species? The reason, according to new research, is that colonial exploitation of that biodiversity by now-rich countries created poverty legacies that persist today.

Photovoltaic technology, most commonly seen as bulky solar panels used on solar farms, is expected to become a dominant energy source by 2050. But these panels are often installed on land that might otherwise be used to grow crops and feed a burgeoning population.

Scientists from the United States and Brazil are exploring how beneficial fungi could turn Martian and lunar regolith into fertile growing media You’re on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you’ve been tasked with establishing the first self-sustaining food crop on a Martian settlement. You’re nervous because you’re using a new type of fungi [...]

"The signals and data points that come from a company's participation in a field day are invaluable in vetting teams, and too many investors are missing them," says Connie Bowen at Farmhand Ventures. The post Guest article: The field day is the new term sheet; how growers are vetting ag robotics for real-use application appeared first on AgFunderNews.

As they build their nests, many birds are known to interweave dried grasses and other materials with green plants, such as fresh leaves, grass stems, herbs and aromatic leaves. While this behavior is well documented, why many bird species choose to add fresh plants has remained unclear.

Autonomous drones are transforming agronomic scouting, helping growers and advisers monitor fields, identify problems sooner, and make smarter, data-driven decisions. The post Using Autonomous Drones for Smarter Agronomic Decisions appeared first on CropLife.

Authors: June Hidalgo, Unai Artetxe, José M. Becerril, María T. Gómez-Sagasti, Lur Epelde, Juan Vilela, Carlos Garbisu Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31550-0 The remediation of mixed contaminated soil is challenging as it often requires actions to minimize metal-induced risks while degrading organic contaminants. Here, the effectiveness of different bioremediation strategies, namely, rhizoremediation with […]

Through a collaboration with the OpenGeoHub Foundation, we have designed a soil health monitoring network for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The sampling design follows a stratified random approach, in line with the proposed EU directive on soil monitoring and resilience. Using various covariates related to climate, soil, and landscape, we identified nine […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Jill McCluskey, Washington State University Regents Professor and Director of the School of Economic Sciences, is an inaugural member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine‘s newly established Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Program Advisory Committee. Beginning her two-year term July 1, McCluskey will help guide national science priorities and policies […] The post WSU Professor Joins National Academies’ New Food, Nutrition and Ag Committee appeared first on Morning Ag Clips.

UK food and drink exports have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, raising concerns about higher consumer prices, reduced investment, and the long-term competitiveness of the sector.