The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive. The average dairy cow, for example, produces about 540 litres of milk per lactation. By contrast, dairy cows in North ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — You might have seen some tall grass growing in your backyard or around the Coastal Bend. It could be the same kind of African grass, called guinea grass, that is causing major ...

For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has informed policy makers and farmers about sustainable management, while training generations of students.

This release is available in German. Windhoek/Leipzig. Natural grass fires are evidently more important for the ecology of savannahs than has previously been assumed. This is the finding of a study ...

Texas researchers are working to curb the spread of invasive grasses that can crowd out local plants and contribute to wildfires, including the fire in Maui that killed more than 110 people and ...

Scientists will call for a major push this week to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture through the use of a modified tropical grass. Brachiaria grasses have been found to ...