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Could Solar Panels Make Greenhouses Energy-Neutral?

Greenhouses are an increasingly large slice of American agriculture. There are plenty of advantages to... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 12, 2020
Canadian Farmers Form New Coalition to Fight Climate Change

In Canada, farmers have been hit hard by extreme weather in recent years. Droughts and... (more)

Alex Robinson
February 11, 2020
Corteva Agriscience to Stop Making Chlorpyrifos

Just six months after the Trump administration decided not to ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to... (more)

Alex Robinson
February 7, 2020
Should We Be Concerned About Selenium in Agriculture?

Selenium is an essential element for life in humans and other animals, and selenium deficiency... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 6, 2020
Fecal Dust from Cattle Feedlots is Smothering a Texas Town

Clouds of fecal dust from large cattle feedlots in the western part of the Texas... (more)

Alex Robinson
February 6, 2020
What Makes Industrial Hemp Spike to Illegal Levels of THC?

Industrial hemp—cannabis with a low level of THC, the compound that provides marijuana’s “high”—is legal... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 5, 2020
Fireflies Are Disappearing, and Agriculture Is Partly to Blame

There are well over a hundred firefly species in North America, and the twinkling insects... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 5, 2020
Dogs Could Save the Citrus Industry From a Devastating Disease

Researchers think they may have found a way to sniff out a disease that is... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
February 4, 2020
Farm Bankruptcies Spiked to Highest Level in Eight Years

Farm bankruptcies hit an eight-year high in America last year.  Court data released this week... (more)

Alex Robinson
January 31, 2020
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