Gerald Smith, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant breeder, breeds forages for consumption by livestock around the world.

Recently, common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) seems to be ubiquitous: on roadsides, abandoned lots and even popping up in ...

This flower, though not tubular-shaped for hummingbirds' beaks, offers a welcome source of food for pollinators. Here are ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery recommends digging up Jimsonweed plants before they flower to help prevent the spread of ...

As drought persists, Mexican farmers are turning to nopales — the prickly pear cactus, and specifically its edible pads — as ...

Sweat covers Isaac Barnes’s face under his beekeeper’s veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his hives to his truck. It’s ...

Pickups from a pair of fire-ravaged Kuhn balers have been given a new lease of life by Willie Dean of Clockeasy Contracting, ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind.

Included in the bee forage (plant) chapters are plant profiles with range maps, habitat information, floral features and attractants, common bees attracted to the particular plant, and details about ...

Lincoln County will require the owners of a milk facility in Delaware Township to pay $25,000 annually to Delaware and ...