An unassuming plant—considered a noxious weed by some—may be the key to fueling a green economy in the U.S.

While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that crops such as chickpeas, soybeans and oranges are widely grown across the UK, and home-produced hummus, tofu and marmalade are a common sight on our supermarket shelves by 2080.

Ammonia is the most widely produced chemical in the world today, used primarily as a source for nitrogen fertilizer.

Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed a new sorghum variant that can outperform soybeans in oil production, with great potential as a clean source of renewable fuel.

Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn’t one of them, according to a new study led by Iowa State University researchers.

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes.

A new study finds that trees that have lived through many wet years struggle to cope with dry spells.

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water reserves.

How goji berries can be used to create silver nanoparticles.

Two graduate students in Montana State University’s College of Agriculture have published new research on two aspects of management for one of the region’s most damaging agricultural pests.