Agriculture
Free market system makes U.S. world leader in agriculture [video]
Secretary Pompeo emphasizes America's global leadership in agriculture during a trip to Iowa and notes U.S. generosity in food donations.
The next generation of U.S. agricultural know-how
American youth organization 4-H recognizes future leaders in the U.S. agricultural community with the Youth in Action Award. See how they won.
U.S. farmers feed the world
American farmers are selling more of their high-quality products to the rest of the world than ever before in the history of U.S. agriculture.
U.S. and Brazil team up to protect world’s wheat supply
Kansas State University scientists are partnering with Brazilian researchers in finding creative ways to stop wheat blast disease.
Boosting harvests worldwide by sharing U.S. innovations
Discover how farmers and food professionals from Moldova, Brazil and Nigeria are strengthening their agricultural systems with U.S. innovations.
A ‘thinking tractor’ and other smart farm gadgets
To feed the world's growing population, American farmers can look to smart technology using artificial intelligence and robotics to help boost crop yields.
U.S. researchers find novel way to produce bigger plants
Photosynthesis is key to the air we breathe and the food we eat, but it doesn't work as efficiently as it could. Scientists say they've found a remedy.
U.S. farm products prized in South Korea
Learn why the United States is the top food supplier to South Korea, a country with discriminating tastes and high standards.
Can once-toxic cottonseeds help feed the world?
The U.S. has approved an edible cottonseed created by a Texas A&M University scientist who was a protégé of the "father of the green revolution."