crop-science

The crop monitoring tools available to corn growers in 2026 have moved well beyond GPS guidance and yield maps. The post Crop Monitoring Tools for Corn: What Is Now Commercially Available in 2026 appeared first on iGrow News .

This week's food news including Colorado River debates, dryland farmers resiliency leaders, and bee research facility closures. The post Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Colorado River at Historic Low, Dryland Farmers Lead in Resiliency, and Bee Research Facilities’ Proposed Closure appeared first on Food Tank .

Michigan State University leadership hosted more than 100 stakeholders and friends of the university on May 14 to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated  MSU Plant Science Research Greenhouse Complex. Upgrades to the greenhouse facility, through a combination of renovations and additions, include state-of-the-art environmental controls and LED lighting configured to respond to varying exter…

From Airports to Agriculture: RoBird Finds New Role Protecting Crops Flapping-wing drone technology expands from bird-strike prevention to agricultural crop protection A drone designed to imitate one of nature’s most effective predators is finding new applications beyond airport runways.   According to a recent report from ABC Rural in Australia, growers in Queensland are testing […] The post Des…

For a fairly low-maintenance crop, the root vegetable can yield an impressive and nutritious harvest, and is surely due an influencer-rebrand soon My third column on edible plants that I don’t actually grow myself is about one that I do not loathe, as I do celeriac , nor love, as I do sweetcorn . It is the swede, a root vegetable I would describe as “fine”. Also known as neeps or rutabaga, swedes…

There are thousands of crops grown in every country on the planet, but only a few of them can truly be considered staple foods. Staple crops are those that are affordable, high-yielding, and adaptable to many conditions. Perhaps most importantly, they are capable of providing a complete profile of micro- and macronutrients. Below, we’ll discuss […] The post What Are the Top Staple Foods the World…

Genomic tools are beginning to change how perennial fruit trees are bred, offering a way to identify promising seedlings before years of field evaluation. In mango, however, prediction models have been held back by small reference populations, long breeding cycles, and uneven trait records. This study shows that strategically integrating genomic and phenotypic data from international mango collec…

Indoor farming for cosmetics solves the batch inconsistency that has long undermined botanical active supply chains. The post Indoor Farming for Cosmetics: Why Formulators Are Switching to Precision-Grown Botanicals appeared first on iGrow News .

A newly identified pest is raising concerns for North Carolina’s blueberry industry. What began as a mystery beneath North Carolina’s blueberry fields has now been traced to a surprising culprit: a giant root-feeding beetle never before confirmed attacking blueberries anywhere else in the United States. Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified the insect [...]

For accurate pesticide application in precision farming, weeds and tobacco plants must be detected to efficiently apply pesticides to weedy areas. There is potential for automated, precise weed and tobacco detection using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based imaging. Semantic segmentation is a challenge that can be applied to accurately detect weeds in crop field images. Deep learning-based semant…