Crops

How plant patents work in the U.S. and India.

To keep up crop production, farmers must continue to adjust to a warming climate.

Hemp, which produces valuable CBD oil, is set to become recognized as an agricultural crop this year, and could provide a much needed influx of revenue for Western agriculture.

In a remote village in Kenya, where it is difficult to cultivate crops, women have begun reshaping their fortunes by harvesting aloe plants and turning them into beauty products.

The world needs to double its food supply, and scientists have proposed a major genetic engineering program to make it happen.

It depends on the species and the stage of the plant’s life cycle.

As human populations swell and require more food, climate change will likely create a planet that produces less and less.

A new generation of biotechnology crops designed to appeal to consumers is likely to radically change the controversy over GMOs.

Neonicotinoids, toxic to bees and other insects, are spreading to farms through direct seed treatments—a factor that's gone unmeasured until now.

Raising cattle won't wreck the environment—if we do it right.

New research offers hope for prodding corn, wheat, and rice into a partnership with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

Scientists have used computer models to imagine a world where crops are specially bred to reflect away more light and heat, without compromising productivity.

At a time when the worldwide wheat supply needs to grow, we might not even be able to keep it from diminishing.

Even as corn prices rise with the demand for biofuels, a simmering dispute percolates in Mexico where genetically modified imports from the U.S. are both welcomed and damned.