A new herbicide-resistant rice variety was supposed to help farmers control an aggressive weed in their fields. Now, the weed has evolved to be herbicide-resistant, too. by Lindsay Campbell · ...

by Lindsay Campbell · September 23, 2019 Farm How One California Farmer Built an Online Tool to Address Food Waste ...

Careful timing ensures crops can handle a little heat. But recently, sudden heat waves and long-lasting ones in already warm ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

Blossom end rot, a condition that results when plants don’t have access to enough calcium, is another challenge of dry ...

The industrial standard in agriculture involves heavy use of herbicides and pesticides to meet the bottom line of production.

If you can’t get around pesticide use, there are ways to limit damage to beneficial insects and to your hive. Your first line of defense is to use OMRI-certified pesticides. These are generally ...

Many of the plants on this list have flowers called umbels. This botanical structure is a composite of multiple flowers that bloom closely together and create a flat or umbrella-like structure. Yarrow ...

On paper, people often say that plants need just a few things to grow well: light, water, and nutrients often top the list. But when you dive into the complexities that exist in living ecosystems, you ...