People have been making genetic changes to plants since the start of agriculture. Since farming began, people have altered the genes of plants grown for food. Over time, people have developed many ...

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two ...

A new method can remotely map crop types in low- or middle-income countries where agricultural data are sparse. The maps will help scientists and policymakers track global food supplies and estimate ...

Farmhand Jeanetta Carroll washes turnips at Calypso Farm in Fairbanks, Alaska in summer 2023 (Photo Courtesy of Susan Willsrud/Calypso Farm) In October, fall gives way to winter for much of Alaska.

The team created a border-to-border map of Thailand’s four major crops — rice, cassava, sugarcane, and maize — and determined which of the four types was grown, at every 10 meters, and without gaps, ...