For example, owners of solar arrays can lease the available land to farmers, creating an additional source of income.
From incorporating new technology to readily tweaking the crop mix on the approximately 1,000-acre Miller Farms, Miller ...
Watering and fertilizing crops to provide enough food for a changing world is a major challenge in agriculture. Now, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a “smart soil” that ...
"They demonstrate how clean energy generation, land stewardship, and active agricultural use can work together effectively." ...
Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their ...
Depending on your climate and when you sow seeds, a hemp grain crop is generally ready between August and October. Harvest ...
Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...
If a global catastrophe suddenly led to a nuclear winter, millions of people could starve. But now, scientists have figured out what crops we would need to grow to sustain a city if such a calamitous ...
When it comes to growing crops at home, you are probably aware of many common vegetables you can plant in your garden by sprinkling seeds, such as lettuce, carrots, and kale. It is always fun to grow ...
Planting cover crops ahead of corn can be tricky but is not impossible. Learn which species work, which don’t and how much ...