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While many have enjoyed these abnormally warm temperatures in February, it’s sparking fear among fruit farmers.

This mantra has been pounded into the agriculture industry for the past decade: “Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world’s growing population.” Just Google that statement and watch scores of results appear. There’s just one problem – this assertion isn’t supported by the latest data, according to research just published in the journal Bioscience.

The high temperatures mean fruit trees are waking up early.

After rapid gains from vertical tillage, pH and fertility, the improvement pace slows down.

Helping sub-Saharan African farmers modernize the way they raise crops, and doing the same for the continent’s agricultural system as a whole, stands to benefit everyone.

California blueberries grown under the T&G Orchard Rd brand are being sent to Vietnam for the first time.

Rain delays Idaho potato, wheat planting

For example, 41% of people say sustainability has an impact on their food-and-beverage-buying habits, up 6 percentage points from a year earlier, according to an online survey conducted by the International Food Information Council Foundation.

There was a time when once grain left the farm gate, little was thought about where it went. Those days are disappearing quickly.

Ever since the late 1940s, agricultural output has grown slowly but steadily at an average annual rate of about 1.5%, while input usage has only increased by about 0.05% per year during the same time period. Mapped out over seven decades, those changes have really added up.