The researchers conclude that their technique could greatly speed up the identification of other microbes that could produce large amounts of bio-oil. While the debate over using crops for f... Read more
New University of Minnesota research shows current growth in global crop yields will be insufficient to feed the world in 2050 and identifies focus areas for closing the gap. Crop yields wor... Read more
Amid efforts to expand production of biofuels, scientists are reporting new estimates that downgrade the amount of additional land available for growing fuel crops by almost 80 percen... Read more
Could produce the same amount of grain using less water, fertilizer and nutrients Aside from arable land, most farm crops require significant amounts of water, fertilizer, nutrients a... Read more
IF climate change and population growth progress at their current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will no longer exist. Read more