DECATUR, Illinois — A new machine is on the market that lets farmers uses lasers to kill weeds which can be destructive for crops. "The guy said he needed a solution with weeding that didn't disturb ...

AI systems like CNNs are transforming agriculture, aiding in weed control and efficiency. Generative AI could democratize agriculture, allowing farmers to create more customized tools. This article is ...

Discover how modern agriculture tackles weed control with an innovative flame weeding system. See a powerful tractor-mounted agricultural flamethrower at work, using high heat to eliminate unwanted ...

Farmer-built, weed-specific sprayers are on the near-horizon for agriculture. The evidence? DIY, green-on-brown sprayers are already applying herbicide to fallow ground, built with open-source design, ...

The Weed Science Society of America, Westminster, Colorado, applauds its member-scientist and Texas A&M University Agronomy Professor Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Ph.D., for a recent $10 million ...

Wild plants are everywhere. So why do some become pests? New research has studied how agriculture created a problem for itself by turning the common waterhemp, which is a natural plant native to North ...

A rotating mill attached to a combine separates weed seeds from crops at harvest time and pulverizes the seeds so they cannot sprout new weeds. Left to right: Debalin Sarangi, Nathan Zellmann and Ryan ...

In Benson County, North Dakota, where Palmer amaranth was first found in 2017, Scott Knocke, North Dakota State University agricultural extension agent, continues to teach farmers how to identify and ...

Invasive weeds pose a significant threat to global agriculture productivity -- and their threat will become more pronounced if the Earth's climate is affected by increased greenhouse gas concentration ...

The New Mexico State University Department of Extension Plant Sciences and Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education will host weed management presentations and tours on Dec. 12 and Dec.

New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, common waterhemp, into a problematic agricultural weed. An international team led by ...