Though it's largely a hereditary trait, siblings often grow to be different heights. But even if they end up topping out at ...

Drones, robots and sensors make large-scale data collection throughout a growing season feasible, giving crop scientists the ...

Scientists found that grain like rice, wheat and maize can be improved to carry more protein without reducing harvests.

Larry Dallas's farm in Central Illinois's Douglas County is as flat as it gets. That's a good thing for planting straight ...

Drought is becoming a growing threat to tea production, reducing both yield and quality as water shortages intensify under ...

Hall of Famer Curlin, one of North America's most prominent sires, has had his 2026 breeding season ended by Hill 'n' Dale ...

The grant is part of $10.2 million in funding for 18 projects supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program, which supports public breeding efforts aimed at improving crop ...

Sweet grapes do not happen by accident. As berries ripen, the plant has to move, make, and store sugars with remarkable ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently awarded vegetable breeder Ainong Shi ...

Benjamin Karikari, a crop genetics researcher at Nebraska, focuses on farmer-driven soybean and crop systems research, ...

Two major research efforts have outlined how integrated land-use planning and diversified crop systems can simultaneously advance food security, biodiversity protection, and climate resilience.