The award recognizes Dhakal as a leading conservation innovator whose breakthrough research addresses some of the most pressing challenges in soil and water sustainability. It also highlights the ...

Skyrocketing input costs are forcing livestock producers to find other ways to provide protein to flocks. Insects might be a high-protein alternative for organic poultry farmers, according to the ...

A lot has changed on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus since its founding in 1867, but a storied plot of land near the south quad ...

Virginia State University's Agricultural Research Station fired six professors in December, sparking outrage among farmers.

Rebecca Phillips of Ecological Insights, shown in July 2024 in Burleigh County, conducts agriculture research in North Dakota but is awaiting federal payments on some of her work. (Jeff Beach/North ...

The US has committed $40 million in funding to agricultural research at Mexico's International Maize and Wheat Improvement ...

The Agriculture Department is applying more scrutiny to research done by its employees alongside noncitizens. The directives, laid out in a memo which went out to USDA employees and research ...

We need to grow what we know about food production. We don’t have – and we have trouble importing – enough labor to sow and reap. So, we need to develop the tools and technology that keep American ...

Anna Wallingford is an entomologist by training. She wants to be a resource for farmers, gardeners and homesteaders who are ...

Land grant universities are sounding the alarm about potential damage to agricultural research as USDA goes through a rapid transformation that's likely to include deep funding and staff cuts. The ...

Employees at U.S. Department of Agriculture research facilities across the Midwest have lost their jobs as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to trim the federal workforce. Former and current ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Deep cuts in funding for agricultural research in the United States threaten our food ...