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Salicylic Acid Reshapes Apple Defenses Against Blue Mold
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (464+ words) Apples are widely valued for their flavor and nutritional benefits, but they remain vulnerable to fungal decay during storage. Blue mold, caused by Penicillium expansum, is a common postharvest disease that can lead to substantial losses; the fungus can also…...
Why Your Food’s Backstory Matters for Your Health—and What to Do About It
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1158+ words) When you pick up an apple, a steak, or a piece of salmon at the grocery store, it looks like one thing: food. But your body experiences its entire backstory. Your apple was shaped by the microbes, minerals, fertilizers, and…...
British Berry Growers joins £7.1m robotics investment
17+ hour, 38+ min ago (661+ words) British Berry Growers is among the industry partners joining a £7.1 million investment in robotics adoption across the UK agri-food sector, The move is aimed at helping growers translate technological advances into practical, commercially viable solutions. The organisation will work with…...
Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (305+ words) The Task Force will perform duties and submit reports consistent with section 12511 of the 2018 Farm Bill. All information related to the Task Force will be available on this webpage. January 17, 2024 - Public NoticeFCC Announces the Membership and First Meeting of the…...
Inside the vault: USDA takes aim at foreign dependence on crop genetics
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (349+ words) An official publication of Michigan Farm Bureau Listen to this article Voice: Michigan Farm News — Laura 0:00 / 0:00 Powered by BeyondWords USDA is putting $180 million into strengthening U.S. agricultural security by protecting plant genetic resources that the department said, “underpin American agriculture…...
Ozone Pollution and Organic Fertilizers Reshape the Hidden Nitrogen Engine Beneath Wheat
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (628+ words) A two-year open-air experiment shows that elevated ozone and combined organic-inorganic fertilization both accelerate nitrification in wheat rhizosphere soil, but through distinct mechanisms on different timescales....
"We want to democratize some of the basic standardized data around greenhouses and vertical farms"
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (403+ words) More than 5,000 practitioners in over 75 countries worked with Designer while it was a paid product, according to Agritecture, with hundreds of new users from around the world registering since free access began.© Agritecture Private spreadsheets and a missing baseline"Vertical…...
Longtime California wheat geneticist receives World Agriculture Prize
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (478+ words) Published 8:30 am Friday, October 9, 2026 Longtime University of California wheat geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky has been named the 2026 World Agriculture Prize Laureate. Dubcovsky received the award in the category for countries that have a developed economy from the Global Confederation of Higher…...
£6m Lincolnshire robotics centre could make county ‘global farming leader’
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (445+ words) A robot at the Lincoln Institute of Agri-Food Technology which can pick fruit(Image: Lincolnshire Live) Robots could be used to kill weeds and even pick strawberries as part of work to support farmers in Lincolnshire. The robotics centre at…...
Seed Sovereignty Initiative capitalizes on U.S. seed collection
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (176+ words) Yesterday, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a $180 million investment into the new Seed Sovereignty Initiative. This provides much-needed support for the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). Dr. Scott Hutchins, USDA Undersecretary for Research, Education, and…...