Agriculture & Farming

12+ hour, 10+ min ago   (447+ words) Dozens of dogs — some only weeks old and others nearly a decade old — were pulled from commercial breeders in southern Missouri in a large-scale surrender that is now giving them a chance at safer, more stable lives. The rescue brought…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (694+ words) Wheat may owe part of its hidden armor to an unlikely ally growing beside it. A new glasshouse study published in Plant and Soil shows that when wheat plants share a pot with chickpea, they accumulate significantly more silicon in…...

7+ hour, 59+ min ago   (682+ words) Oil flax has quietly become one of the most strategically important crops on the Eurasian steppe, prized both for its omega-3-rich seed oil and for the cellulose-dense bast fiber hidden in its stems....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (873+ words) Canada's biggest aircraft manufacturer has a larger footprint in the US than many people think. Bombardier — known for making multimillion-dollar private jets for A-list celebrities like Matt Damon and Beyoncé — has been among the targets of President Donald Trump's escalating…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (131+ words) A full-sized prototype of the canister that will hold the Gravity reactor has been installed and then retrieved from a borehole using standard equipment already in commercial service in the drilling industry. California-based Deep Fission is developing the Gravity reactor,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (368+ words) The USDA AMS MyMarketNews report for the Toppenish Livestock Auction in Toppenish, Washington, dated September 10, 2026, showed stocker and feeder cattle prices holding steady compared with the prior Thursday in a light test, according to the agency's livestock market news service....

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (211+ words) Demand, market activity and buyer interest were all described as moderate, while offerings of cattle were also moderate and cattle quality was average. Within the overall supply, feeder cattle made up 91 percent, comprising 12 percent steers, 45 percent heifers and 43 percent bulls....

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (262+ words) Feeder cattle accounted for 220 head, or 88.0 percent of the offering, compared with 392 head, or 83.9 percent, in the prior reported week. Slaughter cattle totaled 22 head, or 8.8 percent, versus 61 head, or 13.1 percent, previously. Replacement cattle made up 8 head, or 3.2 percent, compared with…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (311+ words) "We can use science to understand that there is a fingerprint of climate change, meaning that our early-season football matches are getting hotter, and that is something that is becoming more likely as our planet continues to warm," Winkley explained....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (147+ words) The Kansas Wheat Variety Guide 2026 from K-State Research and Extension has now been released for this year. Agronomic characteristics, disease, and pest resistance information are included, as well as profiles that highlight some more common or new varieties for the…...