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Organic farms seem to trigger more pesticide use on conventional farms

Insects tend to be more abundant on organic farms than conventional ones, which may cause the pests to spill over into neighbouring fields, prompting these farmers to increase their pesticide use

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Fertilisers are a major source of microplastic pollution in soil

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How big a problem are methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases?

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Climate change will prompt expansion of farming in northern wilderness

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Climate change may be improving the quality of Bordeaux wines

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Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting

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Europe’s ‘insect apocalypse’ may mostly be driven by changing weather

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Wheat harvesting in Kansas

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Curiously cool summers in US Midwest linked to crop irrigation

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Breeding corn to boost yields has made it more vulnerable to heat

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Breeding corn to boost yields has made it more vulnerable to heat

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Bacteria could help reduce the amount of fertiliser used to grow corn

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Nitrogen-producing bacteria slash fertiliser use on farms

Microbes that produce nitrogen have made a big difference for reducing fertiliser-related emissions and pollution across millions of acres of farmland in the US. The microbes can be applied directly to the soil or as a coating on seeds

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CF2MRN Sheep grazing on the banks of the River Till at Twizel, a tributary of the River Tweed.

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Farming destroyed UK rivers to meet food demand – here's how we fix it

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Extreme rainfall could lead to 'big disaster' for rice yield in China

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Farmland could feed 20 billion people but it might wreck the planet

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Vertical farm cuts energy use 75 per cent by using sunlight

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Vertical farm cuts energy use 75 per cent by using sunlight

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