The poor things can’t help it, but cows are really gassy, and that’s really bad for the planet: Microbes in their guts produce methane — a greenhouse gas up to 80 times more powerful than carbon ...

Scientists tested rice under record heatwaves and found that hotter soils by themselves did not cause dangerous spikes in ...

Doctoral student Frank Linam explores how wet soil conditions in flooded rice paddies affect the way roots take in nutrients and filter out toxins More than 3 billion people around the world eat rice ...

Rice traders at Nice Rice Miller Centre in Ngurubani Town. Rice farming is the main economic activity in Mwea area in Kirinyaga County. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] The scars of its evolution from a ...

(Repeats story first issued at 0000 GMT) By Sara Webb TANAH LOT, Indonesia, May 1 (Reuters) - The tourists who tee off at this golf course on Bali's west coast are probably unaware that the ground ...

Traditionally thought of as a warm climate crop, some varieties of rice can also thrive in temperate regions, including the northeastern U.S. One rice farm in Vermont has successfully implemented the ...