Washington State University biologist Mechthild Tegeder has developed a way to dramatically increase the yield and quality of soybeans. Her greenhouse-grown soybean plants fix twice as much... Read more
By switching ‘bait,’ IU biologists trick plants’ bacterial defense into attacking virus Scientists at Indiana University have modified a plant gene that normally fights bac... Read more
Image via Wikipedia For 15 years, Eddie Anderson, a farmer, has been a strict adherent of no-till agriculture, an environmentally friendly technique that all but eliminates plowing to curb e... Read more
José Marcolini, a farmer here, has a permit from the Brazilian government to raze 12,500 acres of rain forest this year to create highly profitable new soy fields. Read more