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/PRNewswire/ -- Solar contractor SolAgra has been contracted by the University of Delaware (UDel) for two agrivoltaic solar arrays that will be built at two...

For high school students interested in agriculture, food and environmental sciences, the University of Georgia offers the opportunity to have hands-on learning with world-renowned research scientists through the Young Scholars

These facilities will allow faculty and students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources to study the benefits of co-locating solar tracking systems with crop production.

The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is excited to celebrate its 50th annual Roundup, a four-day event packed with activities and celebrations for students, alumni, faculty and staff.

Three candidates for the dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences — Michael Evans, Michael Looper and Jeff Edwards — will hold open forums on Sept. 25, Sept. 27 and Oct. 2, respectively. 

Scientists have found a plant gene that drives the growth of root hairs, the tiny structures that help plants find water and nutrients in the soil. Identified by a team led by Washington State University researcher Karen Sanguinet, the gene, dubbed “BUZZ,” causes faster-growing, denser webs of roots and may also determine how plants find and use nitrates, a prime source of nitrogen essential to plant growth. Nitrates are also used in fertilizers that can pollute the environment as runoff, a...

An assembly of the West Virginia University Faculty Senate took an extraordinary step last week when it approved a resolution of no confidence in President Gordon Gee in a 797-100

Faculty were met with cheers of support from students and members of the campus community as they left the Canady Creative Arts Center Wednesday following their vote of no confidence

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia University is continuing its Academic Transformation process, with officials announcing some of the final recommendations for program and faculty cuts.

FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has been awarded $332,336.26 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program as…