When plant breeders get down to work, they’re often negotiating the complex intricacies of nature. Put simply, changing one trait often shifts another.

Plant Breeding Isn’t Easy

At the world’s largest cattle-feeding company, early disease detection couldn’t be more important. They’re still working out the details.

How Will Tech Help Identify Cattle Disease Earlier?

Banned by the federal government a century ago, black currants were cast to the fringes of U.S. agriculture. Agroforestry advocates and berry connoisseurs are urging a revival.

A Taste of the Forbidden Fruit

Bullied by blight, the filbert has long failed to find a home on farms in the eastern U.S. After decades of research, its arrival is imminent.

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Plant Breeding Isn’t Easy

How Will Tech Help Identify Cattle Disease Earlier?

A Taste of the Forbidden Fruit

We Can Grow Our Own Hazelnuts, Finally