Exploring equipment and field conditions to find better solutions for farm operations, focusing on efficiency, upgrades, and ...

MINOT, N.D. -- Paul Overby, a Wolford, N.D., farmer and self-described "computer geek," wants to help farmers manage their farming operations more efficiently. Paul Overby, a self-described "computer ...

Advanced technologies enable the controlled release of medicine to specific cells in the body. Scientists argue these same technologies must be applied to agriculture if growers are to meet increasing ...

(Source: "Effect of farm structure on rural community well-being" by SooJin Park and Steven Deller) President Nixon’s Secretary of Agriculture, Earl Butz, made famous the statement, “Get big or get ...

Chinese researchers are reporting that applying an electric field to pea plants increased yields. This process — known as electroculture — has been tested multiple times, but in each case there are ...

Beth Hoffman has reported on food and agriculture for more than 20 years. This essay has been updated to remove a typo introduced in the Register's editing process. Well, here we are again. The corn ...