When it comes to drought stress, timing can be the difference between saving a crop and losing it, whether in a greenhouse or in the high-stakes environment of future space missions. In a recent study ...

Two people were injured following a shooting in Newport on Sunday night. Miss Lizzie's Coffee opens new Fall River location on Lizzie Borden's 166th birthday More than 130 years after the murders that ...

It's hard to beat the joy of discovering a new biome in Minecraft, so the news that Mojang has opened the metaphorical doors to its Dappled Forest region is very welcome. We were teased with its ...

Which farming strategies can help agricultural operations better manage yield risks caused by climate change and fluctuating prices in the agricultural product market? A new study by ZALF published in ...

It is a rare privilege for university students to attend class on their professor’s family farm. Really, it’s even rarer to find a professor who also co-manages a full-time farming operation. However, ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Fruit farmers in Virginia are struggling with a lost crop after freezes in the late spring. One Hanover farm has had to cancel its pick-your-own-fruit season, its only ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Abstract: Water scarcity and inefficient irrigation critically impact agricultural productivity, particularly in developing regions. This paper proposes an IoT-based automatic irrigation system ...

Table 1 presents average crop machinery investment per acre by farm size category for 2007 to 2024, 2020 to 2024, and 2024. Machinery investment per acre for the largest farm size category (i.e., ...