An experimental enzyme significantly reduced fire blight in apple orchard field trials, offering growers a promising new way to fight one of the fruit industry's most destructive diseases.
- Geitner Simmons University of Nebraska
Each calf, like each human, begins as an embryo. But important questions remain about the complex factors that shape bovine fertility and development during the earliest stages of life. Bit by bit, Jennifer Wood and her Husker colleagues in the department of animal science at the University …
- Maggie Frazier University of Minnesota-Extension
Using technology and automation to target the use of inputs like fertilizer or irrigation can save costs, boost productivity and minimize environmental impacts. That’s what is offered by precision agriculture, which has permeated nearly all parts of crop production except, until recently, drainage.
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- Jan Suszkiw USDA ARS
American scientific ingenuity in the form of sterile fly releases helped eliminate New World screwworm from the country in the 1960s. Now, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service researchers are combining that ingenuity with next-generation tools to counter new resurge…
- Pat Melgares Kansas State University
Sandy Wedel's business idea was, at first, a modest one.
- Paul Gero For Agri-View
EAST TROY, Wis. – Rain was sorely needed to break southern Wisconsin’s summer drought. It bucketed down Aug. 21 – washing out a proposed Kernza grain harvest near East Troy.
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- Tiffany Page USDA FSA
Meet Chris and Sarah Klawitter of Kountry Korner Floral in Polk County, Minnesota. The Klawitters began planting perennials in their yard to enjoy during the warmer months. What started as a passion project eventually became a business plan in January 2023, when the winter weather inspired S…
- Amy Sullivan GROW
The weed management industry is heating up; flames, lasers and electrocution are just a few heat-based methods that farmers have explored for weed control. Now add mid-infrared radiation as another emerging thermal weed control tactic that could eventually give farmers more firepower over th…
- Lauren Quinn University of Illinois
Heart-healthy oats are finding their way into a wider variety of products and recipes as consumer demand grows. Although oats are grown on far fewer acres than other U.S. crops, farmers are able to keep up with the demand through genetic gains in yield and other important agronomic traits.
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- Joey Roulette and Will Dunham Reuters
Its mission is to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology.
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NASA has successfully launched its newest space telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The telescope reached orbit just 10 minutes after liftoff and is now beginning its mission to shed light on some of the universe’s biggest unsolved mysteries. Named after astronomer Nancy Grac…
- CBC English
The United Kingdom has its driest July since record-keeping began 190 years ago. Farmers say the conditions are 'horrendous' and it could lead to food shortages.
- James Davey, Simon Jessop and Alexander Marrow Reuters
After years of intensive agriculture designed to cheaply feed the most people, this year's extreme weather has added urgency to the debate over whether climate change has transformed the economics.
- WooGlobe - News
A suspected China-linked hacking group is exploiting a critical flaw in Broadcom’s VMware vCenter Server, compromising systems in 47 countries. Researchers at German firm QUIRSO counted 361 victim IP addresses, with the United States second-highest at 41. The vulnerability, CVE-2026-59310, s…
- Leo Marchandon, Raphael Satter and Callaghan O'Hare Reuters
Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab.
- USA Network via Reuters
In a matter of days, President Donald Trump’s administration reignited a trade war with Canada, pledged to bring about an “economic D-Day” for Iran and spooked representatives from the U.S. cattle industry with its plans to import 300,000 metric tons of beef.
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- Marie Flanagan North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
ELKHORN, Wis. – Adam Hurtgen is a sixth-generation dairy farmer at Hurtgenlea Holsteins near Elkhorn. He and partner Cynthia Bartel say protecting natural resources is just as vital as feeding their 160-cow herd. With support from a $14,355 SARE Farmer Rancher grant, they’ve turned a 4.4-acr…
- Marianna Szűcs Michigan State University
For gardeners who grow true lilies, the lily leaf beetle or scarlet lily beetle -- Lilioceris lilii -- first introduced into Massachusetts in 1992, has become an all-too-familiar sight. The bright red beetles and their slug-like feces-covered larvae can quickly strip lilies of their leaves, …
- Phil Durst Michigan State University
Progressive dairy farmers adopt technologies that propel their businesses forward. That has been true for decades, even centuries. New technology using artificial intelligence has the potential for even greater reward but should be used in the context of quality human interactions and leadership.
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- Tatum Dwyer, Eric Yu and Fei Yang University of Minnesota
Every field season, researchers and Extension professionals at the University of Minnesota monitor moth flights of several economically important pests, including the western bean cutworm, true armyworm, corn earworm and European corn borer. Tracking moth flights informs growers and consulta…
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