Sharjah 24: Mohammed Obaid Al Tunaiji, Director of the Central Region branch of the Sharjah Department of Agriculture and Livestock, announced the launch of the fourth phase of the initiative to ...

A combine harvested wheat in a field on a nice summer day. Contest entry information helps the UK Wheat Science Group determine best practices for wheat production and grain quality. Photo by Matt ...

No matter what crop farmers sow, many factors must be considered when trying to reach profitable yields. Whether it's disease prevention, fertilizer considerations, equipment maintenance or anything ...

Deposed Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad was poisoned in Russia right under his pal Vladimir Putin’s nose, according to a human rights watchdog. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Thursday ...

Oliver Dalrymple went from riches to rags and back again. This Yale Law grad built a wheat empire in Minnesota, only to lose it all in the Panic of 1873. Yet months later, he took over an 11,520-acre ...

Trade is a hot topic with a lot of uncertainty. Trade policy decisions made in Washington, D.C., will impact farmers and ranchers in the countryside. This Market Intel is part of a series exploring ...

Michelle Hennings, executive director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers; Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, chair of the House Agriculture Committee; Nicole Berg, Washington Grain Commission ...

UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that can stimulate the production of their own fertilizer. (Getty) Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that ...

On the unforgiving plains of southeastern Wyoming sits the Jessen Wheat Company. Eleven miles north of Pine Bluffs, the farm survives in a dry, windy and oftentimes harsh and unpredictable climate, ...

1 Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 2 Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States Spurred by the need to produce ...

Once a year in September, hundreds of wet tons of sludge get moved out of a storage area at the Pasco wastewater treatment plant. Sewage byproduct, also called biosolids, is loaded into trucks and ...

MERREDIN, Australia - In a newly sown wheat field, Curtis Liebeck scoops up a fistful of sandy soil and lets it pour through his fingers. The light-brown dirt bears little resemblance to the dark, ...