Agriculture
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-Dec-2025 23:11 ET (23-Dec-2025 04:11 GMT/UTC)
Palm oil isn’t necessarily less sustainable than other oils, say conservationists
Cell PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Cell Reports Sustainability
- Funder
- Ferrero Group
Manchurian walnut tree holds key to eco-friendly weed control
Kyushu UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Helping farmers, boosting biofuels
Washington State UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
New research has found cover crops that are viable in Washington’s normal “off season” don’t hurt the soil and can be sold as a biofuel source.
After harvest, farmland often sits fallow and unused until growers seed in the next crop. Soil can erode, weeds can take root, and farmers don’t make any money during that time. Cover crops can eliminate or reduce some of those issues, but many farmers have concerns about their effects on soil quality, a reduced growing window for their primary crop, and the inability to sell the cover crop.
In a paper recently published in the journal Biomass and Bioenergy, a team led by Washington State University scientists looked at four cover crops grown for multiple years in western and central Washington fields. Two showed promising results.
- Journal
- Biomass and Bioenergy
Expanding farming capabilities will not close Africa’s ‘hidden hunger’ gaps
Cardiff UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
‘Hidden hunger’ in Africa cannot be addressed by expanding domestic farming alone, according to a new study from Cardiff University.
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- Nature Food
Feeding the future from the soil up
University of DelawarePeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
UT AgResearch hosts ribbon cutting celebrating additions to center
University of Tennessee Institute of AgricultureBusiness Announcement
University of Tennessee AgResearch hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center highlighting new on-site facilities, precision agriculture equipment and laboratory renovations funded through the American Rescue Plan (ARP).