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Tar Spot Disease Is Plaguing Corn Fields Across the Midwest
Experts estimate up to a 50-percent loss in corn crop yields for affected areas.
Is Virginia’s Beekeeping Lottery a Good Idea?
The program is pitched as a way to get residents active in reviving the state’s dwindling honeybee population, but some say additional guidelines are needed.
How Can Farmers Coexist With Wolves?
A new study focusing on wolves in Spain offers some insight.
One Way to Grow Despite Drought? It’s in the Roots
A rare barley mutation could have drought-farming potential.
Cultivating Resilience: Growing Olives in Palestine
For many Palestinian farmers, trying to access their olive trees is increasingly difficult as they have to maneuver around Israeli checkpoints and armed guards. And yet they persist.
Farmers Across the Midwest Struggle to Hire Domestic Employees
In Illinois, the number of foreign agricultural workers has increased more than 250 percent in the past five years.
Wild Relatives of Important Food Crops Are Facing Extinction
Agriculture and pesticide use are to blame, a new study finds.
Protecting the Timber Industry From the Emerald Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer has destroyed millions of trees. Scientists think that tiny parasitic wasps, which prey on the beetles, hold the key to curbing this invasive species.
Ladybug Odor Could Be a Great New Pesticide
Maybe cologne, too, who knows.
