Agriculture

A string of hives between posts can fend off the pachyderms better than other deterrents, research shows

Millions of farmers are growing and sharing food in ways that enhance nutrition, biodiversity and quality of life

Animal-based foods produce about twice the emissions of plant-based ones, a new comprehensive study finds

The technology could help beekeepers reduce short-term losses, but it doesn’t address long-term problems facing honeybees

Half the world’s population relies on rice as a primary food

Insurance claims for crop losses are soaring

Among other things, we might simply not agree

Drought and extreme rainfall led to an infestation in the nation’s farming areas

They harm worms, beetles and thousands of other subterranean species that are vital to agriculture

New Belgium Brewing is selling a smoke-flavored brew as a sensory warning about agriculture’s troubles to come

The country’s agricultural transformation of the mid-20th century left a legacy of inequity

Structures diverted the weather pattern’s floods to new farmlands 2,000 years ago