American Wineries Look to Elevate Hybrid Grapes
These winemakers want to lift the production of hybrid wines to the level of ones made with Old World varieties.
A New Route to Hardier Rice: Tweak its Microbiome
Adjusting microbial communities may become an important new tool to produce resilient crops.
Why the Humble Legume Could Be the Answer to Europe’s Fertilizer Addiction
An average cereal farm in Scotland could grow a legume crop for one year in a five-year cycle and reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed over the entire cycle by nearly 50 percent.
Survey Finds Pesticides Threaten Important Soil Ecosystems
Soil is a dense ecosystem full of organisms—or, at least, until pesticides hit it.
A Legal Battle Rages Over Smoking Sugar Fields in South Florida
A new bill, signed last week, is the next hurdle for a pending lawsuit against Florida sugar growers and their use of sugarcane burning.
Court of Appeals Gives EPA 60 Days to Fix Chlorpyrifos Regulation
If the agency fails, the pesticide will be banned entirely.
Trading Houseplants and Building Community
Online plant swap groups have blossomed during the pandemic.
Mexico’s Supreme Court Issues Verdict: American Potatoes Welcome
This ends a long and strange embargo.
‘Megadrought’ in American West May Trigger First-Ever Water Shortage Declaration
There are major implications for agriculture, especially in California.
