MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat.

Over many years, as the international community has sought to learn more about carbon emissions, their sources and impact, agriculture has been part of the conversation — not only in regard to its ...

At Eastern Iowa’s Amana Farms, some 2,500 Angus cattle stand at a rail waiting for breakfast. A truck drives slowly down the line, dumping a mix of hay, corn and distillers grains into the troughs.

As global agriculture faces climate pressures and shifting priorities, RaboResearch says the greenhouse industry is simultaneously maturing and diversifying.

On Wednesday, a group from the University and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will break ground on a new greenhouse in Research Park. The state-of-the-art greenhouse will contribute to a project ...

Researchers from the Natural Resource Ecology Lab at Colorado State University and their partners have completed a historical analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. Great Plains that ...

The number of greenhouse and nursery workers has increased by over 16,000 people in recent years, according to data from the latest U.S. agricultural census. Some work in conventional operations like ...

In the last blog there was a comment by peregrinepickle on the emissions from agriculture. It started: “It sounds like they may be putting the cart before the workhorse with this study. A 2010 survey ...