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Rice grown for seed rice was the focus of a yearlong investigation by the Arkansas Rice Processing Program using X‐ray imaging to determine the impact of higher drying temperatures.This article was originally published here

Extreme weather events, from heavy rainfall to heat waves and droughts, are increasingly threatening crop yields globally, so new solutions are needed for agriculture.This article was originally published here

England’s farms have significantly reduced their environmental footprint over the past decade, according to new modeling that suggests greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution are on a downward trend.This article was originally published […]

New laboratory experiments show that a bacterium that lives on grape plants can break down guaiacol—an unpleasant-tasting substance which ruins wines made from grapes exposed to wildfire smoke. Claudia Castro of the U.S. Department of […]

Microplastics and nanoplastics in soils are a growing environmental problem. The extent to which agricultural crops absorb these particles and whether they end up in food has so far been difficult to prove. This is […]