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Scientists have already warned that climate change likely will impact the food we grow. But new research is showing that climate change is expected to accelerate rates of crop loss due to the activity of insects.
It’s a wet and soggy morning in Indiana as crop scouts there get Day 2 of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour underway.
Temperature increases during dry periods outpace average climate warming, say researchers at the University of California, Irvine. They point to concurrent changes in atmospheric water vapor as a driver of the surge.
Farmers Business Network is launching its own brand of seed and model for seed development and direct-to-farm distribution.
Some estimate that adding E15 to the nation’s fuel supply would chew through an extra 2 billion bushels of corn but it may take 15 years to see that impact.
While no-till provides many benefits to the soil, the risk of yield loss and disease carry-over means some farmers shy away from the practice.
Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would renew the label for over-the-top use of dicamba in soybeans and cotton through 2020.
The monster of a weed defies odds, but it isn’t running rampant yet
In the next few decades, industry experts from Syngenta expect many changes to take place and for the average farm operation to look different than it does today.