UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable fertilizer. By boosting a natural compound in the plant, the wheat triggers ...

The Trump administration’s Operation Epic Fury has fueled a global hunger crisis affecting millions of people. Meanwhile, the ...

Economic shockwaves from the Middle East conflict are driving up food, fuel and fertilizer prices across six of the world's most vulnerable countries, deepening hunger crises far beyond the region, ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a press conference at GR Farms in Higginsville, Mo. on Friday, April 24. Rollins teased a major fertilizer announcement coming this week. Agriculture ...

The contrast in the landscape in the part of Beirut we toured is as jarring as it is bleak. Some apartment buildings and high-rises are a shell of concrete and wire, destroyed by airstrikes. But some ...

Americans worried about grocery prices may soon feel the consequences of an unexpected problem on U.S. farms caused by the war in Iran – rising fertilizer prices are creating a potential ripple effect ...

Higher fertilizer prices from the war in Iran will hurt some U.S. farmers more than others, depending on where they are located and if they bought supplies ahead of the recent cost increase, analysts ...

A new survey revealed that a majority of U.S. farmworkers say they cannot afford fertilizer due to rising costs caused by the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran. The survey released by the American Farm ...

Rising supply costs tied to the conflict in the Middle East are adding strain to an already challenging farm economy. To better understand how global fertilizer market disruptions are affecting ...

Farm diesel prices have increased 46% since the end of February, raising costs for fieldwork, fertilizer transport and irrigation during both planting and growing seasons. Rising input costs tied to ...

An image from an animated IDF illustration depicting strikes in Lebanon on April 8, 2026. On the afternoon of April 8, Israel launched its deadliest and most intense wave of airstrikes in Beirut since ...