They’re an unlikely pair, but Vermont friends Ethan Joseph and Michael Kirk have managed to devise a partnership that combines their two separate working worlds. Joseph, a winemaker, and Kirk, a ...

Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb ...

Farmers are looking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a weird and wonderful way: using genetically engineered, low-methane sheep. A project named 'Breed for CH4nge' has been announced in the ...

Mixed farming, which involves growing crops and rearing livestock, used to be standard practice in Australia, but there are ...

So you want to farm, but you’re not sure where to start. Farming at any scale – whether it’s a countertop herb garden or an acre of land – can be intimidating. But if you’re ready to get started, ...

Retired Lt Coronel Cheptoo Kimosop with some of his sheep in his Lawan farm in Sabatia Baringo county, the former army officer has ventured into dairy farming among others [PHOTO:BONIFACE ...

Joshua M. Pearce has received funding for research from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Mitacs, the U.S. Department of Energy ...

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) recently recognised outstanding achievements in South African agriculture at its 2025 Farmer of the Year Awards Gala. The annual awards highlight innovation, ...

In the existing literature late medieval sheep keeping has been perceived as a landlord and tenant-farmer strategy, aimed at international export markets. In this article we want to show that there ...