Latest Food Headlines

  1. LSU Research Bites: Smarter Hydroponic, Soil-Free Farm Methods Reduce Crop Contamination Risk 7/23/2026

    Hydroponics is a method for growing food in a water-based solution rich in nutrients, rather than using soil.

  2. Study Shows Early Planting Boosted Soybean Yields With Residual Herbicides 7/23/2026

    Recently published research in the journal Weed Technology shows that early planted soybean fields nearly always resulted in higher yields than mid- to late-planted fields, and that any soybean stand reductions from using soil residual herbicide programs did not contribute to yield loss compared to herbicide programs without them.

  3. USask Crop Development Centre Announces New Lentil And Faba Bean Breeding Agreements 7/22/2026

    The Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) have established a new collaboration to advance lentil and faba bean breeding in Saskatchewan.

  4. USDA Asks Partners To Develop AI Solutions To Accelerate Crop Innovation 7/22/2026

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking steps to speed up progress in plant science by calling on universities and stakeholders to help build new AI tools that can translate the huge amount of germplasm data the agency collects.

  5. Soil Organic Carbon Increases Crop Yield But Can't Help With Extreme Drought 7/22/2026

    In cases of extreme drought, soil organic carbon does not improve crop yields, Colorado State University research has found.

  6. SIU Showcases A Drone, AI Capabilities To Farmers During Ag Field Day 7/21/2026

    Blue skies and sunshine marked the perfect weather for SIU’s Ag Field Day on July 14 where a drone and artificial intelligence (AI), some of the latest technology to sweep the farming industry, were among the star performers.

  7. Federal Partnership Helps Expand Innovative Protected Agriculture Research At UNH 7/21/2026

    The University of New Hampshire is launching a collaboration with the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to significantly expand a cornerstone of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station’s (NHAES) research program: protected agriculture.

  8. Genome Prairie Launches Four New Genomics-Based Commercialization Projects 7/21/2026

    Genome Prairie formally announced today four new genomics projects focused on commercializing biotechnologies or processes aimed at enhancing crop yields to strengthen Canada’s economy and supply chains.

  9. Trust, Connection Are Key Ingredients For Hawaiʻi's Food Security 7/20/2026

    When talking about Hawaiʻi’s food security, the conversation often focuses on physical infrastructure — warehouses, cold storage, and doubling crop production to combat importing 90% of our food.

  10. Trinity Team Developing Environmentally Friendly Biopesticide To Tackle Devasting EU Crop Pest 7/20/2026

    Scientists from Trinity have secured Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation funding of around €690,000 to develop an environmentally friendly biopesticide to tackle one of the EU’s most financially devastating pest species, the Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (CSFB).