Public opposition to GM food has halted the introduction of the technology in both crops and farm animals.
Farmers have also been turning to connected sensors to monitor both crops and cattle, in the hopes of boosting production, efficiency and tracking the health of their herds.
Leendertz's new book is a collaboration with photographer and gardener Mark Diacono, who captured both crops and croppers with warmth and humour.
The dam is designed to control the Nile water for the expansion of cultivation and for the generation of hydroelectric power and to provide protection downstream for both crops and population against unusually high floods.
Mormon crickets (a common name for species of the genus Anabrus that originated during the early years of the Mormon settlement in Utah) are major pests of both crops and open rangeland in the western part of the U.S. during seasons that are favourable for their development.
The high weeding intensity treatment had lower weed growth in both crops and better sorghum yield than low weeding intensity.
