Articles for tag: Farming, GMO

The Science Behind Southern Success

5 Genetically Engineered Crops That Changed Farming in the South

Annette Uy

Picture this: it’s 1996, and a farmer in Georgia is looking at rows of cotton plants being ravaged by bollworms, while his neighbor struggles with weeds choking out soybeans. Fast forward to today, and that same farm is thriving with crops that can defend themselves against insects and survive targeted herbicide applications. This isn’t science ...

Are Some Crops Worse for Wildlife? New Research Has the Answer

Jan Otte

Agriculture sustains the world, but at what price to nature? A pioneering new study has created a tool to quantify the unapparent environmental cost of producing crops showing dramatic regional differences and surprising culprits. The study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford and University College London, presents PLANTdex, a high-resolution scoring system that ...