Agricultural and Forestry Science

Bees Capable of Learning Feats with Tasty Prize in Sight

PhD student Hamida Mirwan and Prof. Peter Kevan, School of Environmental Sciences, are studying bees’ ability to learn by themselves and from each other.

Incentives needed to improve grain markets in India

Two University of Illinois economists analyzed infrastructure of interstate trade for food-grain crops in three Indian states and found that grain farmers are…

Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought

Professor Andy Challinor, from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and lead author of the study, said: “Our research shows that crop…

Texas Tech Scientist Raises Concern of Using Beta Agonists in Beef Cattle

Use of certain animal drugs known as beta agonists in cattle production has received considerable national attention.

Speed trap for fish catches domestic trout moving too slow

Washington State University researchers have documented dramatic differences in the swimming ability of domesticated trout and their wilder relatives. The…

U of M-led study finds herbivores can offset loss of plant biodiversity in grassland

Two wrongs may not make a right. But when it comes to grassland plant species diversity, it just might. Two impacts often controlled by humans — being…

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