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Views on Agriculture offers pioneering insights into the future of agriculture and food security. Diverse perspectives from global thought leaders in one annual publication.
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Farming families face up to succession
Will the increasing use of technology in agriculture motivate younger generations of digital natives...
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Diseases without frontiers
Since man began raising crops, pathogens have seized every opportunity to get ahead. Researchers...
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The Soil Rush
Civilizations have farmed the soil since antiquity. Now that soil could help solve one...
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Gene editing: bearing fruit in 2024
As crops with novel properties appear in farmers’ fields and the first gene-edited foods...
What's in store 2024
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Gene editing: bearing fruit in 2024
As crops with novel properties appear in farmers’ fields and the first gene-edited foods appear on supermarket shelves, how much do we know about the technology and where will it take our food?
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Diseases without frontiers
Since man began raising crops, pathogens have seized every opportunity to get ahead. Researchers...
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Sowing resilience through roots of peace
Roots of Peace revives local farming and promotes sustainable livelihoods in former war-torn lands....
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The journey of a seed
Farmers need innovative new varieties to stay ahead of changes in growing environments, and...
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New remedies for ancient problems
Fungal infections have dogged agriculture for millennia, but new fungicides – though the process for discovering them is arduous – provide new solutions for farmers...
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The trait that could transform wheat farming
The discovery of a grass that makes its own antibiotics may have wide-reaching implications...
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Feeding tomorrow requires unity today
As climate changes take place, farmers are on the front line. Climate research scientist...
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Farming by numbers: 2024
10 trends and data points to watch for in 2024.
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Managing the growing certainty of uncertainty
From politics and macroeconomics to extreme weather challenges, the mounting uncertainties facing US farmers...
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The Soil Rush
Civilizations have farmed the soil since antiquity. Now that soil could help solve one...
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Four transformational technologies
Farming is in the midst of a technical revolution, where data intelligence augments conventional wisdom in 2024.
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Farming families face up to succession
Will the increasing use of technology in agriculture motivate younger generations of digital natives...
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Missing piece of the puzzle
Soil biology is the least understood of the trilogy of properties that influence soil...
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Rice breeding takes a giant leap
A breakthrough in rice cloning could revolutionize plant breeding, bringing down hybrid seed production...
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New frontiers in sustainability
Enhanced seeds and beans meet specific market – not just farmer – needs, and...
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Virtual doppelganger for Iowa
A digital twin of Iowa’s Corn Belt promises to make crop forecasts more accurate...
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Microbes: a global perspective
Microbes are an intrinsic part of soil, plant and human health, as well as fundamental to the health of the planet. Professor Tom Crowther explains...
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Better Yields, Sustainably
A new generation of naturally derived innovations is protecting crops, controlling pests, and nurturing...
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Innovating a sustainable food system
A message from Dr. Sam Eathington, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Digital Officer...
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Keeping favorite foods on the menu
Food and farms have adapted since the dawn of time in response to water...
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Modernizing crop insurance
Experts believe the US crop insurance system could do with an update to reflect...
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Attacking farmers’ problems with new breeding technology
With Corteva Agriscience’s unique gene-editing know-how, researchers fine-tune crops for better performance.
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The case for empowering women farmers
Empowering women strengthens food security for all. Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank, explains why.
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Three farmers, three continents
Changes in rainfall patterns are anticipated to be the biggest threat to three very different scale farming operations in the United States, India, and Africa.
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A living entity to be respected
World Food Prize (2020) laureate, Professor Rattan Lal, shares his thoughts on how soil...
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The countdown is on…
Farmers need to get ready to apply new tracking measures in 2026, designed to...
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Unsung hero of sustainable agriculture
Sorghum is the fifth most produced cereal crop in the world, is highly nutritious...
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The world beneath our feet
The incredible carbon storing capability of the world beneath our feet - and how...
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Harnessing Change
A message from Ambassador Terry Branstad, President of the World Food Prize Foundation.
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Podcast – coming soon
As the first gene-edited foods appear on supermarket shelves, we go on a quest to find out how this relatively new technology works, why it has garnered interest among scientists, farmers, and food security experts, and why a restaurateur who was previously outspoken about genetic modification is finding comfort in new precision editing technologies.