| | | | | Water is the lifeblood of hay production and using less is risky in southwest Wyoming, where ranchers are lucky to get one high-quality cutting of hay a year. But that is exactly what Eric and April Barnes decided to do, after being asked by Trout Unlimited to participate in a four-year, water-management initiative called the System Conservation Pilot Program. | | | | |
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| | | | | When Robb Fraley burrowed deep into a plant cell and turned the key on the mysteries of biotechnology, he forged a path toward a bounty of food unimagined at any point prior in the human story. | | | | |
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| | | | | How might accurately predicting crop harvests help curb malnutrition? Lillian Kay Petersen, a 17-year old from Los Alamos, N.M., has created a tool that's intended to do that, according to this story by National Public Radio. | | | | |
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| | | | | A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and published by Science Daily focuses on how agricultural systems are impacted by climate change and offers a list of 20 indicators that provide a broad look at what's happening across the country. | | | | |
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| | | | | The new protocol is a huge milestone for produce safety and for the Leafy Green Action Plan released by the FDA earlier this year, according to Frank Yiannas, FDA deputy commissioner for food policy and response. | | | | |
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