The Agriculture editorial team would like to congratulate the winner of the 2019 Best Paper Award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads in 2019, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor-in-Chief, will receive the awards:

A Novel Machine Learning Method for Estimating Biomass of Grass Swards Using a Photogrammetric Canopy Height Model, Images and Vegetation Indices Captured by a Drone
Authors: Niko Viljanen, Eija Honkavaara, Roope Näsi, Teemu Hakala, Oiva Niemeläinen and Jere Kaivosoja
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/8/5/70

Global Biofuels at the Crossroads: An Overview of Technical, Policy, and Investment Complexities in the Sustainability of Biofuel Development
Authors: Kathleen Araújo, Devinder Mahajan, Ryan Kerr and Marcelo da Silva
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/7/4/32

We congratulate the authors and thank them for choosing Agriculture to publish their work. In recognition of their accomplishment, the winner will receive a reward of 500 Swiss Francs and one free publication quota. All the original research papers and review articles published in 2017 and 2018 were eligible for consideration.

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who give their time so generously to ensure high-quality publications in Agriculture, the editorial team plans to dedicate an award to reviewers for their exceptional commitment, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Agriculture. Anonymous peer-reviewing guarantees the quality and integrity of scholarly communication. The Agriculture editorial team is extremely grateful to reviewers for their time, energy, professionalism, and commitment.

The following reviewer has been selected by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Office of Agriculture to be awarded the “Agriculture Outstanding Reviewer 2019” award for the quantity, timeliness and quality of their reviews in 2018.

Dr. Stefania Biondi
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Dr. Stefania Biondi will receive 500 Swiss Francs and an electronic certificate.

Dear Colleagues,

An exciting new initiative launched this year by Agriculture is the establishment of two Travel Awards to assist a Junior Researcher and a PhD student to attend a relevant conference. Over 200 eligible applications, from Europe, USA and Australia, were evaluated by an international panel of experts, who ranked the applicants according to their CV and scholarly achievements, their research, the significance of the conference, and their career aspirations. Selecting the award winners from the two highly competitive fields was very difficult, and so it is a great pleasure for me to announce the worthy winners of the inaugural Agriculture Travel Awards:

• The Junior Research Award winner is Dr Sandra LopezRayo of the University Autonoma of Madrid (Spain), who will attend the International Plant Nutrition Colloquium in Copenhagen, Denmark in August 2017.

• The PhD Award winner is Ali Ahsan Bajwa of the University of Queensland (Australia), who will attend the 26th Asian Pacific Weed Science Society Conference in Kyoto, Japan in September 2017.

Les Copeland
Editor in Chief