The agricultural sector and food producers face an ever-pressing challenge: how to support the global food system while reducing reliance on finite resources or synthetic inputs. Achieving this is ...

Synthetic fertilizer has, until now, been the primary way for farmers to feed the world but is one of agriculture’s leading contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions and is a significant driver ...

Solasta Bio, an agriculture tech startup, raised $14 million in Series A funding. Solasta specializes in green insecticides, using peptides for sustainable crop protection. The startup will use the ...

Agriculture is the world’s largest industry, employing more than one billion people and generating over $1.3 trillion of food annually. 1 However, the methods employed in farming practices can have ...

This week's Open Mic guest is House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson. While another year has come and gone without a completely updated farm bill, Thompson says he is pleased with ...

A team led by Madhu Khanna, professor in ACES and director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment, published a research paper on agricultural policy changes, encouraging farmers ...

The intricate roles of soil microorganisms in ecological processes such as organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kula Bio, a leader in sustainable nitrogen solutions, announced today it has closed a $10 million seed round. The round was led by Collaborative Fund with participation from ...

Pivot Bio makes fertilizer — but not directly. Its modified microorganisms are added to soil and they produce nitrogen that would otherwise have to be trucked in and dumped there. This biotech-powered ...

Hours after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule June 21 establishing biofuel volumes in its Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program, an outcry was raised by Iowa Gov. Kim ...