As agricultural research continues to become more entwined with technology, smart farming – a phrase that encompasses research computing tools that help farmers to better address issues like crop ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sher Singh, a farmer from India's desert state of Rajasthan, prays to Varuna, the Hindu god of water, for a bountiful harvest. Now, he is also looking to the heavens for ...

A research team demonstrates that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with multispectral sensors can rapidly and accurately estimate two key photosynthetic traits—the maximum carboxylation rate ...

We are excited to announce the official launch of AgroHelper’s platform for processing of aerial images and its new feature: The Health Map. Remote crop stress detection has never been faster. The ...

Paper Open access published in Remote Sensing on February 12, 2018. Authors: Ana I. de Castro, Jorge Torres-Sánchez, José M. Peña, Francisco M. Jiménez-Brenes, Ovidiu Csillik and Francisca ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. STATE — Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage ...

Sunflowers — soniashnyk in Ukrainian — have been grown in Ukraine since the mid-18th century. Besides being a popular snack, growing the flower for export helps fuel Ukraine’s economy. Before the war, ...

The Quinoa seed – that’s the part we eat – is high in protein and essential amino acids, and it’s gluten free. It can be grown in poor and even saline soils and at high altitudes where other crops, ...

Drought conditions appear to be taking a toll on some South Carolina farmers, with impacts seen in soybean, cotton and peanut ...