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Getting rice to chill in the wake of a warming planet

January 23, 2026

Photo by Joseph Iboyi.

Scientists’ contributions to agriculture: How the world looks without research

December 29, 2025

Down to Earth

Switchgrass growing in eastern Nebraska. Photo by Peggy Greb, USDA-ARS.

Switchgrass biofuel: Better than corn?

January 22, 2026

Science briefs

A rover equipped with a cosmic-ray neutron sensing system for soil moisture mapping, representing one of several geophysical tools applied in agriculture. Photo courtesy of Trenton E. Franz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Trends in agricultural geophysics

January 20, 2026

Winter cover crops growing in a cotton–corn rotation system at the R. R. Foil Plant Science Research Center in Starkville, MS. Photo courtesy of Wei Dai, postdoctoral research associate and first author on the study.

Cover crops enhance carbon and nitrogen storage in soil microaggregates

January 20, 2026

Tile drainage sump pit for monitoring water flow and collecting samples for nitrate analysis. Photo courtesy of Sabrina Ruis, USDA-ARS (Boone County, IA).

Diversified organic farming reduces nitrogen leaching losses

January 20, 2026

Sarah Peery, coauthor on a new study published in the journal Crop Science, collects wheat for late-maturity alpha amylase testing at the soft dough stage of grain development. Photo courtesy of Camille M. Steber, USDA-ARS.

Genetic connections between wheat preharvest sprouting and late maturity alpha-amylase

January 20, 2026

Dryland wheat near Walla Walla, WA, located in the heart of the inland Pacific Northwest. The Blue Mountains are visible in the background. Photo courtesy of Curtis Adams, USDA-ARS.

High-level yield traits of wheat cultivars across a hydrologically diverse agricultural landscape

January 20, 2026

Hybrid oilseed sunflower in bloom. Photo courtesy of Chase Mason, University of British Columbia Okanagan.

Explainable AI helps describe how weather conditions impact sunflower yield

December 30, 2025

One field location of the Big BIT experiment. Pictured is each tester set in addition to the reference set. Approximately 2,500 maize lines were crossed with one of each tester set (an inbred line that matures relatively early, mid, or late) to assess more than 7,600 hybrid combinations for different agronomic and harvest traits. Photo courtesy of Corteva Agriscience.

The Big BIT maize experiment: One of the largest predictive breeding validation studies

December 26, 2025

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