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The current 119th Congress has brought a wave of bipartisan legislation aimed at improving the U.S. food system, including ...
The reason it has agreed to implement the scheme is the huge losses suffered by farmers due to bad weather and farm fires.
Heavy farming machinery is taking agricultural efficiency to a whole new level, with machines so powerful they seem almost ...
Elevated nitrogen levels in Irish water is an unintended consequence of agricultural expansion and action must be taken to address this ...
Recent dust storms in Illinois have raised the question of the cause of these events. In the last few years, these dust ...
Direct payments under the bloc’s Common Agricultural Policy have been replaced by incentive schemes that reward farmers for green activities such as tree planting and less intensive farming.
She added that "everybody has a role to play" in protecting the birds. The event to mark World Curlew Day begins at 16:00 BST ...
In truth, though, bee losses are more a side effect of modern intensive agriculture, than evidence of an environment in revolt against it. Honey bees aren’t a natural alternative to crop ...
Vicki Hird, a strategic agriculture lead for The Wildlife Trusts, described hoverflies as the "hidden heroes of our gardens and countrysides." She emphasised that regardless of their "shape, size, or ...
The insect industry is now trying to find a new market, but one expert says, "it's not clear that there is one." ...