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Machine learning can pinpoint “genes of importance” that help crops to grow with less fertilizer, according to a new study published in...

Cover crops are widely seen as one of the most promising conservation practices, improving soil health while also removing carbon from the atmosphere.

  A team of scientists led by Texas A&M AgriLife is taking a page from the medical imaging world and using MRI to examine crop roots in a quest to develop crops with stronger and deeper root systems. The team from Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Harvard Medical School, ABQMR Inc. and Soil Health Institute developed a novel MRI-based root phenotyping system to nondestructively acquire high-resolution images of plant roots growing in soil and established the Texas A&M Roots Lab to further develop t...

Fruits, vegetables, red wine and chocolate are all rich in polyphenols, natural plant compounds that double as cancer-fighting antioxidants. We can...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Lead author Bridget McGivern in June 2018, shortly after setup of the soil experiment. view more  Credit: Provided/Bridget McGivern Fruits, vegetables, red wine and chocolate are all rich in polyphenols, natural plant compounds that double as cancer-fighting antioxidants. We can access these foods health benefits because the microbes in our guts happily feast on them, breaking them down into smaller chemical components. Microbiome scientists at Colorado State University...

An increasing awareness and concern about the environment, changes in government policy, America’s re-entry into the Paris Agreement and a robust demand

Agriculture continues to get more complex every year.No longer do farm families just till the land, plant the seed, watch it grow, harvest the crop, and se

Written by Paul Schattenberg An increasing awareness and concern about the environment, changes in government policy, America’s re-entry into the Paris Agreement and a robust demand for carbon offsets all point toward an appetite for a different type of agricultural crop – carbon. There has been an increasing interest in the possibilities of carbon farming. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo) “There has been an increasing amount of discussion on how to create a way for farmers to earn credits fo...

Hay, pasture weed control options to be discussed