Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in North America, harming land, crops and wildlife.
Our study shows the UK must prepare for, and respond to, the risks associated with future food shortages.
Farming has made crop plants reliant on synthetic fertilisers, but we can reactivate their ability to engage with beneficial microorganisms and make them more independent.
Conventional agriculture offers farmers few choices about which crops to grow or how to raise them. A new approach uses computing to construct better strategies with lower environmental impacts.
A 90% crop loss in the Peach State may sound like a disaster, but Georgia isn’t actually the Big Apple of peach production that it claims to be.
Scientists are learning amazing things about bees’ sensory perception and mental capabilities.
A team of scientists unravelled the mystery of how plant roots make the most of soil moisture.
Wheat is an important global crop, but new research suggests that fungal toxins have contaminated half of all European wheat produced for food.
Permaculture – a mashup of ‘permanent’ and ‘culture’ – is a way of doing agriculture that’s inspired by the resilience and biodiversity of healthy natural ecosystems.
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