Most people choose a major in hopes that they will get a job in that field eventually, but not Annie Stegink ’09. Stegink had one thing on her mind from day one of studying civic and environmental ...

This groundbreaking, multi-institutional research project is aimed at revolutionizing the future of precision agriculture through the development of an advanced edge/fog computing-based framework.

Nearly 750 million people face hunger today, according to the U.N. World Food Program. And by 2050, global demand for food is ...

Agricultural engineers have been recruited in RWD and WRD for many years. In that time, they have designed projects, executed works, supervised construction, and served in senior capacities as ...

AutoAquaponics, a student-led engineering project, combines sustainable agricultural practices like aquaponics with automated processes. Run by Engineers for a Sustainable World, the farming system ...

Madhur Atreya working in the lab. New research from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering into biodegradable sensors may change the way farmers track, measure, and respond in real time ...

For more sustainability on a global level, EU legislation should be changed to allow the use of gene editing in organic farming. This is what an international research team involving the Universities ...

Agriculture has long been one of the strongest foundations of economic and social progress. It supports food security, generates livelihoods, supplies raw materials to industries, and sustains rural ...

Researchers have developed a new technology that revolutionizes the creation of genetic material, enabling drastically accelerated genetic engineering of microbes that can be used to manufacture ...

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Crop farmers and anyone involved with on-farm conservation practices will get an in-person demonstration of some of the latest conservation efforts happening in Iowa during a special field day Aug. 3 ...

For more sustainability on a global level, EU legislation should be changed to allow the use of gene editing in organic farming, experts urge. For more sustainability on a global level, EU legislation ...