No matter which of the widely accepted global circulation models ultimately comes closest to predicting the amount of warming caused by climate change, corn production will be reduced, according to a ...

University of Florida researchers have developed a groundbreaking app designed to help farmers precisely manage irrigation ...

Smart farming technologies, like smart irrigation and targeted spraying systems, are helping farms reduce water use, burn less fuel and optimize fertilizer and pesticide applications. Those gains have ...

The sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow ...

Carriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. That would require lots of corn, and lots of water. By Max Bearak, Dionne Searcey and Mira Rojanasakul. Photographs and video by ...

Efficient water usage in agriculture is crucial for sustaining a growing human population. A better understanding of the systems that support agriculture, farmers and farmlands allows for food ...

Three years of a research study to determine if 200 bushels of corn can be produced with a maximum of 12 inches of added irrigation water has one conclusion: not in normal or lower-than-average ...

WASHINGTON — Trey Hill is a third-generation farmer of Harborview Farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He farms soy, wheat, corn – and carbon. “As we started to do cover crops, we saw the soil ...

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) — Corn farmers in an upland village in La Libertad, Negros Oriental, now have better access to water after they received an open source water pump from the ...