Agricultural and Forestry Science

Sweeping Study of U.S. Farm Data Shows Loss of Crop Diversity the Past 34 Years

U.S. farmers are growing fewer types of crops than they were 34 years ago, which could have implications for how farms fare as changes to the climate evolve,…

Success Combating Multi-resistant Bacteria in Stables

Today some farms are implementing measures more frequently found in an operating theater: To enter the stable, employees have to change clothes. Before and…

Fingerprinting erosion

You may have noticed that after a heavy rainstorm, creeks and rivers often turn the color of chocolate milk. That cloudy brown color is caused by…

Increasingly severe disturbances weaken world's temperate forests

“While we have been trying to manage for resilience of 20th century conditions, we realize now that we must prepare for transformations and attempt to ease…

Sequencing of barley genome achieves new milestone

Barley, a widely grown cereal grain commonly used to make beer and other alcoholic beverages, possesses a large and highly repetitive genome that is difficult…

Entomologists sniff out new stink bug to help soybean farmers control damage

Entomologists in Texas got a whiff of a new stink bug doing economic damage to soybeans in Texas and are developing ways to help farmers combat it, according…

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