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New Illinois study explores adoption of robotic weeding to fight superweeds

Most corn and soybean fields in the U.S. are planted with herbicide-resistant crop varieties. However, the evolution of superweeds that have developed resistance to common herbicides is jeopardizing current weed management strategies. Agricultural robotics for mechanical weeding is an emerging technology that could potentially provide a solution.

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Honey bees in demand: New contract strategies to support pollination services

As the world’s native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great demand, and truckloads of bee colonies travel the country to accommodate crop growers.

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Transition to a circular bioeconomy requires getting prices right

Conventional food and agricultural production systems employ a linear “take, make, waste” approach: taking natural resources from the Earth to make food and fuel, generating waste that contaminates the soil and water, and emitting harmful pollutants.

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Atallah, Margenot named 2024-25 Emerging Research Leaders

ACES professors Shadi Atallah and Andrew Margenot are among 15 Illinois faculty selected for the 2024-25 Emerging Research Leaders Academy by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences InstituteDesigned for mid-career faculty to achieve research success, the program provides vital leadership and team science training to pursue large, multi-PI

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Illinois Farm Business Farm Management celebrates 100 years and announces new CEO

A program operating within the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that assists farmers with financial management and decision-making welcomes a new CEO this August, while also celebrating a monumental milestone in their history.

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