No one knows who first invented the idea of using cover crops to protect soil in agriculture fields, but by 6000 B.C. farmers ...

Farmers and gardeners are always chasing that delicate balance between lush, thriving crops and sneaky pests lurking in the soil. But skipping one of the oldest tricks in the book-crop rotation-can ...

Farmers and gardeners are always chasing that delicate balance between lush, thriving crops and sneaky pests lurking in the soil. But skipping one of the oldest tricks in the book—crop rotation—can ...

Instead of instituting a progressive monoculture, the region’s governments could benefit from a temporal “crop rotation” of ...

According to the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, an initiative aimed at reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into Iowa’s ...

One of the reasons I look forward to our monthly Socratic discussion group is the opportunity to learn something new. Regardless of what knowledge I have of the designated topic going in, two hours of ...

Norfolk farmer Robert Scott is on a mission to take on more land for his contract farming business to maximise machinery and ...

The Northern Pulse Growers Association (NPGA) has announced its 2026 Annual Convention, scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 27, at ...

Winter can feel like a slow, gray pause in the garden, but this is actually the perfect time to get ahead. While the frost ...

Higher natural gas prices and trade policies push fertilizer costs up again threatening already tight farm profit margins.

Danny Desjarlais, a member of Minnesota’s Lower Sioux Tribe, will lead the Hawaiʻi Industrial Hemp Building Workshop this ...

Meeting the nutritional needs of a growing population requires not just a radical increase in food production but also a more ...