Summer streamflow in industrial tree plantations harvested on 40- to 50-year rotations was 50% lower than in century-old forests, data from the long-term Alsea Watershed Study in the Oregon Coast Range showed.

The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated.

Despite reductions, pollution in growing regions persists, pointing to mitigation opportunities.

Growing fruit and vegetables in just 10 per cent of a city’s gardens and other urban green spaces could provide 15 per cent of the local population with their ‘five a day’, according to new research.

In Senegal, groundnut and maize are commonly contaminated with highly toxic, cancer-causing chemicals called aflatoxins, which are produced by fungi in the genus Aspergillus when they infect crops.

The report assesses that, by the end of January 2020, the impact of the desert locust on cereal production in Horn of Africa and South-Asia is limited.

Like many industries, big data is driving innovations in agriculture.

Some 500 million years ago – when our continents were connected in a single land mass and most life existed underwater – hornworts (Anthoceros) were one of the first groups of plants to colonize land.

Just like humans and other animals, plants have hormones. 

Results will help growers predict future beet leafhopper abundance based on fall precipitation and make informed decisions about weed management and ultimately improve crop yields.