A pioneering study introduces a functional data analysis (FDA) methodology to model the relationship between environmental factors and crop yields in year-round agriculture. Designed for crops like ...

Wheat is crucial for global food security, and panicle number per unit ground area (PNPA) is key to its yield. Traditional manual counting methods are accurate but inefficient, prompting a shift ...

A Kansas State University agronomy professor is part of an international team that is calling for a new approach to estimate crop yield potential and gaps – information that is critical in planning ...

Predictability in agriculture is about as hard to find as a needle in a haystack. When you’re trying to prevent pest and disease pressures from devastating your yield, your approach to crop management ...

Sorghum plants from the Sorghum Association Panel growing in an Iowa State University research field near Ames in 2021. Photo by Jianming Yu/Iowa State University. A team led by an Iowa State ...

Scientists have trained an AI algorithm to count the number of flowers on fruit trees using only smartphone images. The system could predict the size of a harvest months in advance — saving farmers ...

AI-driven platforms increasingly assist farmers in choosing when to plant, irrigate, fertilize, or harvest. These systems ...

How will future climate change affect nitrogen loss, and will cover crops still be effective in removing nitrogen from drainage water? A new study investigating near- and far-term climate change in ...

As the 2023 harvest comes to a close, farmers in east-central Iowa are seeing variable but lower than normal crop yields. Lower yields concentrate in areas hit hardest by drought, like Benton and Linn ...