Because life isn’t all peas and carrots, companion planting is just as effective in your ornamental beds and borders as with ...

Phil Lempert is one of America’s leading food and consumer trend-watchers and analysts. Lempert is based in Santa Monica, CA and has been a contributor to Forbes.com since March 2015. He served ...

Today, Arizona growers plant as many acres of cotton as their relatives did in 1914, when there were no mechanical pickers, and when the crop was enshrined for its economic promise as one of ...

The recent wave of mass firings hit federal workers responding to the nation’s growing bird flu outbreak, protecting crops from damaging pests and ensuring the safety of pet food and medicine ...

The arrest of a British couple in Afghanistan was a “clear example of the Taliban’s alarming lawlessness”, a former US ambassador to the war-ravaged country has said. Peter and Barbie ...

Regional vegetable seed companies include Nebraska Seeds, Buffalo Seed Company, Seed Savers and Meadowlark Hearth ... examples are beets, green onions, parsley and Swiss chard. Warm-season crops ...

Researchers have found a protein that causes disease in wheat crops and is one the most significant contributors to crop yield declines. According to Phys.org, fungal diseases are among the five ...

Crop rotation enhances soil health, boosts crop yield, and promotes sustainable farming by preventing nutrient depletion, controlling pests, improving soil structure, and reducing chemical dependency, ...

For example, if drought weakens a crop and makes it more susceptible to insect infestations or wildlife foraging, the primary reported cause of loss may be drought, leaving the actual damage from ...