It’s impossible to imagine human civilization without the horse. Modern horses were domesticated over 4,000 years ago in Eastern Europe. The horse has been used to fight wars, assist in hunting other ...

Forage oats plantings have been fairly popular in sub-tropical regions of eastern Australia this year following good rain ...

The spring barley has a lot of BYDV in it, while a heritage variety has BYDV, mildew and a small bit of brown rust. The ...

Reduced light, large trees competing for limited moisture and nutrients, and the need to rely more on foliage than flowers for color all help to reduce the menu of good plants. And while those that ...

The COG in partnership with Food for Education developing a model school feeding policy for counties in Early Child Education Centres.

Plenty of sun is forecast this week, which will help with grain fill in winter wheat crops. The key issues being discussed by ...

Cut back dry stems in the spring, water and control weeds and pests during summer, and let the plants be in fall and winter.

Teagasc agronomists point out that foliar diseases in bean crops; such as chocolate spot, downy mildew and rusts; must be controlled.

An estimated four million tonnes of pesticide are applied to crops worldwide each year. There are 253 known herbicide-resistant weeds already, and unlike the known-costs to the economy of human ...

It is annoying when you open your doors or windows in the warm months and insects make themselves at home. There are a few simple, natural ways to deter pests.

Zoysia grass shares some characteristics with St. Augustine grass. It’s slow growing, prefers full sun, and produces stiff, ...

Even so, the unforgiving climate made this place hostile to virtually every form of plant life but one: the hugely adaptable family Poaceae—grass. Poaceae’s twelve hundred species are found all over ...