"If during the next sixty to seventy years the world farmer reaches the average yield of today's US corn grower, the ten billion will need only half of today's cropland while they eat today's American ...

For 2022, USDA reports the value of the nation’s cropland is $5,050. That’s up $630, or 14%, from 2021. This year’s figure marks back-to-back record highs in cropland values. See the full USDA report.

Conserving 30% of the world’s land by 2030 will be “challenging” if croplands continue to expand in protected areas at current rates, a new study finds. Protected areas are places that conserve nature ...

In Sub-Saharan Africa, climate change is wreaking havoc on agricultural systems. The growing frequency and intensity of climate anomalies has led to reduced crop yields, production instability and ...

To meet rising global food demand, we need to know where farm production has room to grow. If we don’t start producing more food, we’re going to run out in the future. With world population growing ...

According to analysts at FarmDoc, Brazil could increase its crop area by 35%, adding approximately 70 million acres of cropland. This expansion could be facilitated by converting overgrazed and ...

The climate clearly affects crop production; extreme temperatures and limited rainfall reduce agricultural yields. But crop production affects the climate right back, as land-use changes affect the ...

New research shows that the expansion of cropland (row crops) in Brazil nearly doubled between 2000 and 2014, from 26 million hectares (100,387 square miles) to 46.5 million hectares (179,538 square ...