A byproduct of insect farming improves soil health and reduces insect damage in soybean and switchgrass crops according to ...

Funding for this research was provided to Gregg Howe by the Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University. Nathan Havko receives funding from the Michigan State University Plant Resilience ...

Q: I was reading that worldwide insect populations are declining at an alarming rate and that 40% of insect species face extinction in the next 10 to 15 years. Use of pesticides and climate change are ...

Researchers find that insect pests might grow in population and metabolism as temperatures continue to rise. This means there might be more crop-eating pests with the need to eat more precious crops.

"Seems to have a fairly broad host range." Experts issue warning as harmful insects wreak havoc on US region: 'Leaving devastation in its wake' first appeared on The Cool Down.

New research suggests the risk climate change poses to agriculture is higher than scientists realized because of the way insects respond to warmer temperatures. Credit: Paul J. Richards/Getty Images ...

Since the dawn of agriculture, humans have been unwillingly nourishing insects by growing plants that they then devour. Their mandibles consume somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of crops produced ...

Insects are going to love it when the world turns hotter in the coming years. Not only will they spread more disease — they will eat more crops, researchers reported Thursday. That’s because as ...

Producers need to scout for both the usual and unusual suspects. “We do have several different treatments that take care of certain pests, but this year we have lots of pests that aren’t usually seen ...

Regardless of planting choices, few farmers escape genetically modified crops. More than four-fifths of U.S. soybean, corn, and cotton acres are planted with them, according to The Associated Press, ...