The International Food Information Council Foundation recently released its annual survey of public views toward food and nutrition. For the first time, concern about chemicals on food went up and ...

It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics. 12 million tons are used every year. But what about the consequences for the environment? An international team of authors addresses ...

Nitrogen (ammonia) fertilizers, synthesized from natural gas and atmospheric nitrogen, have joined phosphorus and potassium in supercharging soils. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide spurs plant ...

This week, I received an email from a reader in response to last week’s column on three ways to grow agriculture advocacy. The opening line of the email said: “Does that mean you don't want to hear ...

If your primary vision of a family farmer is someone dressed in overalls and carrying a pitchfork, you are in for a stark awakening on March 21-22. That’s when dozens of companies, organizations and ...

This is the second in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture. John Boelts is president of Arizona Farm Bureau. He continues a ...

The implementation of Green 2000's project in Senegal was part of the implementation of the missions assigned to it by the Senegalese Government. Indeed, in accordance with the contract, four ASTCs ...

A farmer once told me that agriculture has more emotional ups and down than any other occupation. The combination of erratic prices and volatile weather leads to a constant emotional roller coaster, ...

As David Barber, a partner at agriculture and food investors Astanor Ventures, told me while reporting my latest feature, modern agriculture has been built on three key assumptions: cheap energy, free ...

Georgia’s agricultural and vocational education sectors reached an important milestone with the official launch of AgriVET, ...

HARBIN, China, May 10, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Modern Agricultural Information, Inc. (OTCBB:CMCI),a high-tech livestock company specializing in the breeding of cows and calves, the production ...