A new study has uncovered key genetic factors that influence both biomass and sugar content in sugar beet, a critical crop ...

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

Delegates at this virtual fringe heard how growers are adapting to new challenges at home and abroad. Speakers gave a global ...

Given that the trade picture, and other policy positions and maneuvers, were changing nearly by the minute on Feb. 3 and 4, ...

The Seed to Supper program, offered by Penn State Master Gardeners and Uncommon Grounds Café, teaches budget-friendly gardening techniques. The eight-session curriculum covers planning, planting, and ...

We lifted the last of our 2024 sugar beet on 31 January and have had a good year. Each customer’s sugar beet crop has yielded ...

Hawthorne Nursery, one of the last Japanese American-owned plant nurseries established before World War II in Los Angeles, ...

Pigweed has already infested more than 7,000 acres of southern Idaho cropland and is taking a heavy toll on yields ...

Following Defra’s decision to deny sugar beet growers emergency neonicotinoid seed treatments to combat virus yellows, ...

Are sugar beets the new acai? Starring in two hot novels in the past six months suggests that the Minnesota vegetable is on a hot streak. Louise Erdrich’s “The Mighty Red” was set in a town dependent ...

Following DEFRA’s decision to deny the application for emergency authorisation to use the neonicotinoid-based Cruiser SB, farmers are being reminded of alternatives to help manage aphids and the ...

Ark., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the ranking member, the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday held the first of ...