Regenerative farming practices based on principles of no-till—combined with cover crops and a diversity of crops—can basically lead to less agrochemical reliance, better soil organic matter contents, ...

Thousands of years ago, beasts of burden helped make humanity what it is today. When farmers first started putting down roots, they’d plant and tend their crops by hand. With the power of oxen, they ...

Flash Bee is an easy-to-make DIY handheld lightning detector based on an ESP32-C3 board, a round display, and AMS AS3935 ...

Soil is often perceived simply as "dirt," but in reality, it is a dynamic, living system that acts as the Earth's natural sponge. Unfortunately, common agricultural practices—including deep plowing ...

One of the longest running battles on Earth has been ongoing for millennia in soil. Dianne Newman is a microbiologist at Caltech. DIANNE NEWMAN: In nature, organisms are duking it out. It's a ...

MU Extension and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources are working together to gather drought data. The DNR came up ...

As water stress intensifies across India, improving the accuracy of soil moisture data is becoming increasingly important for agriculture, ...

SEATTLE — A UW Medicine surgeon-engineer is helping design a tiny wireless sensor that could sit inside a tear drain and continuously monitor the body for signs of disease. “Yes, eyes are the windows ...

The NSF AgTech Engine in North Dakota was one of 10 "regional innovation engines" created by $15 million National Science ...

Previous reports have suggested that Apple is planning to fit a 200-megapixel camera to an iPhone in either 2027 or 2028. While squeezing ever more pixels into the same size sensor would be bad news ...

Ottawa’s notoriously unstable soil conditions have long challenged architects and builders and they may again be behind setbacks for at least one south-end construction project. While digging into ...

This week on AgweekTV, a new farm bill passes the first step in the U.S. House. It has a big change in pesticide labeling. Some Minnesota high schools are adding programs to fill the need for more ...