The recurring floods in Assam cause instability in agricultural production. To avoid crop losses due to frequent floods many farmers have adopted a risk-averse strategy by an appropriate combination ...

AMES, Iowa – A recently published study led by Iowa State University scientists applied a fresh perspective to vast amounts of data on rice plants to find better ways to predict plant performance and ...

Diagram illustrating the impact of natural factors, soil parameters, and nitrogen (N) application rate on the proportion of fertilizer-N losses to the applied N in the cropping seasons of wheat, rice, ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Governor Ramesh Bais on Tuesday underlined the need for developing a cropping pattern which will be adaptable to global warming and climate change. “India made an ambitious ...

You saw them in “Signs,” you read about them in Scientific American, now those mysterious geometric patterns that irritate the heck out of farmers have a film all their own. It’s called “Crop Circles: ...

While some farmers may be enjoying the recent stretch of unusually warm temperatures, the broader spring weather pattern suggests early planting will likely be difficult across much of the eastern ...