It’s never been clearer where the loyalties of congressional agriculture committees lie. In their seemingly endless quest to shift prosperity from small farmers to large ones — to erode any ...

Rotating crops, conserving soil nutrients and deploying other strategies to “diversify” agriculture all at the same time can yield major benefits for the environment and people alike—including ...

There is no shortage of sustainability talk in the fashion industry, especially coming off Earth Month in April. But sustainability in the cotton industry starts in the field, where growers consider ...

The use of AI technology in predicting crop failures is making waves in the agricultural sector, boasting an impressive accuracy rate of 90%. This innovation signals a new era in agriculture, with ...

If farmers could know what the weather will be like next month, next year or even further into the future, it might change their operational decisions substantially. That line of thinking has ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As a result, many farmers worldwide are seeing crop yields become smaller and less ...

A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than ...

Pesticides are an integral component of US agriculture and account for about 4.5% of total farm production costs (Aspelin and Grube, 1999). Pesticide use in the United States averaged over 1.2 billion ...