A Cairns biotech startup is combining traditional Indigenous knowledge of "rainmaking" and modern science to optimise plant and fungi growth. The company Rainstick is using electrical fields to treat ...

A bane of farmers' existence, it's estimated that plant-eating pests are responsible for the loss of up to 40% of pre-harvest yields globally. But a new generation of crop treatments that target only ...

It’s that time of year when our garden is producing insane amounts of ripe tomatoes. A bowl full of tomatoes from the Flemings' garden. (Courtesy of Ed Fleming) This past weekend, I went out to ...

Vestar, the Phoenix-based retail real estate developer and operator, released plans Aug. 27 for one of the largest mixed-use developments being proposed right now in Arizona. The planned development, ...

Ashely Claudino is an Evergreen Staff Writer from Portugal. She has a Translation degree from the University of Lisbon (2020, Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Nowadays, she mostly writes Fortnite and ...

Farming produces a huge amount of crop waste including straw, husks, and stalks every growing season. Unfortunately, common disposal methods—burning, plowing the waste back into the fields, using it ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) -Nutrien, the world's top potash producer, expects increased fertilizer use by North American farmers this autumn and a healthy global potash market in 2026 despite some ...

MERREDIN, Australia - In a newly sown wheat field, Curtis Liebeck scoops up a fistful of sandy soil and lets it pour through his fingers. The light-brown dirt bears little resemblance to the dark, ...

Gleeful Republicans will make socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani a key campaign issue as they pound “Mamdani Democrats” running for election across the state, party insiders said. GOP ...

The venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering has publicly launched the start-up Terrana Biosciences, which is using RNA to program plants to resist pests and disease. With a $50 million initial ...

While some tomatoes are better for certain dishes than others, we don’t discriminate when it comes to this summer crop. While drip-down-your-face farmers' market heirloom and beefsteak tomatoes ...

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