Agriculture

With Australia's fuel supply under threat and transport emissions still climbing, biomethane offers a renewable alternative. New research is closing in on making it clean enough to use

As bushfires and floods devastate Australian agriculture, research into emergency livestock feed aims to help farmers build community reserves before disaster strikes

Livestock feed crops are under threat from aphids that evolved resistance up to 35 times stronger than normal. Now scientists are looking into the genes behind these terrors to pasture

As demand for wood products rises, native forests and plantations are under pressure. Agricultural waste products are emerging as a promising alternative

The WHO Pandemic Agreement aims to prevent and prepare for pandemic threats to human health. But what are we doing about animal health? 

A better understanding of circadian rhythms in crop plants can help improve agricultural production

Ammonia released from sewage treatment plants can impact our health and the environment, but it’s taken an innovative way of measuring it to understand the scale of the problem

Agricultural scientist Dr Xia (Emma) Liang has travelled to Laos to work with local farmers and researchers on reducing nitrogen pollution from crops

To stop deforestation for agricultural use, we need to transform the way we produce and consume food

Wrapping fertilisers in degradable plastics is showing promise for increasing food production while reducing pollution