"Our cows have been living off hay cut in June, there isn't any grass," says Jean-Guillaume Hannequin, a farmer in eastern France, who like his counterparts across much of northern Europe is wondering how he will feed his ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2018
0
62
The results of 'on farm' research into the deadly cattle condition ruminal acidosis could help dairy farmers detect the early warning signs and prevent stock loss.
Other
Sep 4, 2013
0
0
For the first time, researchers have identified how cabbage looper caterpillars in the field develop resistance to the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which naturally occurs in the soil and on plants and has been developed ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2011
1
0
If farmers can't change the weather - or a seesawing climate - perhaps data-crunchers can outwit Mother Nature.
Environment
Nov 29, 2013
0
0
The first shipment of coffee plantlets from World Coffee Research to test farms in 19 coffee-producing countries will go out before the end of summer, said researchers involved in the new International Multi-Location Variety ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2014
0
0
If countries and farmers make adjustments in what crops they grow and where, then the effects of climate change on the global economy may not be as severe as feared, a Stanford economist says.
Economics & Business
Jun 4, 2015
1
60
The larger an area, the more species of wild bees are needed to pollinate crops, a Rutgers University study shows.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2018
0
183
Farmers should be cautious of drone imagery being offered by rogue operators, researchers have warned.
Engineering
Apr 16, 2018
1
40
Archaeologists say they have turned up about 150 skulls of human sacrifice victims in a field in central Mexico, one of the first times that such a large accumulation of severed heads has been found outside of a major pyramid ...
Archaeology
Jan 31, 2013
3
0
Conservation experts and farmers alike are rather pleased with the news out of southwestern Wisconsin.
Environment
Dec 24, 2014
18
0
