The continued dry spell is taking its toll on crops. Winter wheat flag leaves are emerging as crops develop rapidly through ...

but should be alleviated by rain. Weed control in potatoes and fodder beet continues at pace, making the most of the brief yet useful rainfall last weekend. Most beet is between the 2-4 true leaf ...

When water is scarce, increases in grassland productivity are more valuable because there isn’t as much around. Therefore, ...

Unseasonably dry spring puts pressure on Scottish crops. Moisture stress and disease outbreaks challenge farmers despite brief weekend rainfall.

The following was written May 14 by Wesley Everman, assistant professor and Extension weed science specialist, and Meaghan ...

With canola prices surging to $810 a tonne in Victoria, farmers say they don’t want to be counting losses at harvest due to ...

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HAMPDEN — Engineering consultant Tighe & Bond met with the Hampden Selectboard to deliver an update on the town’s stormwater ...

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.

The timing of plants' root placement is due to autophagy, the recycling pathway many people associate with health benefits from fasting.

DAHLIAS ARE MY absolutely favorite summer (and into autumn) flower. They are very perennial while offering more than 100 blooms per mature plant.

Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...