Using treated plant waste as a filter reduced the presence of harmful microplastics in agricultural runoff by more than 92%, according to a new study authored by a University of Mississippi research ...

Heavily farmed parts of the Midwest are among the places where a federal study found some of the most troubling pesticide ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Horrific deformities in frogs are the result of a cascade of events that starts when nitrogen and phosphorus from farming and ranching bleed into lakes and ponds, researchers ...

The researchers conducted a year-long field investigation of soil moisture patterns, solar radiation and vegetation at two solar farms in central Pennsylvania — built on slopes representative of the ...

Increasing use of nitrogen-based fertilizer over the last half-century is putting Americans' health at risk. Excess nitrate in drinking water increases the risk of cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Manure runoff from a western Wisconsin farm amid last week's heavy rains caused a mile-long fish kill in a Class 2 trout stream, ...