In a year when every bushel matters, managing for greater yield potential is essential. Get key management tips for a ...

Michigan State study shows corn planting success depends on soil conditions and weather forecasts, not just calendar timing.

Purdue’s Shaun Casteel shares three lessons from the field on the value of letting your soybeans 'improvise, adapt and ...

To keep expenses in check, high-yield growers are rethinking everything from fertilizer use and planter prep to pest programs ...

Prices for nearly every major crop in the U.S. are below what it costs to grow them, but Mississippi farmers growing rice, which almost nobody is buying, may have it the worst of all.

Farmers cringe when they hear about soybean cyst nematode, but researcher Greg Tylka is on the forefront of the fight, Dave Bergmeier writes.

From underground mazes to midnight foraging, explore the wild hamster’s surprising life, threats, and conservation story.

According to New Scientist, researchers discovered that two notorious agricultural pests — the cotton bollworm and the corn ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

Creating a pollinator garden also means thinking about long-term care. Many common lawn and garden chemicals are linked to ...

Oats were once a major Minnesota crop, with about 4 million acres planted annually on average until the early 1960s. But in 2025, oats accounted for only 195,000 planted acres in Minnesota, and those ...

A December 1989 cold front devastated swaths of Florida’s agricultural fields growing vegetables, strawberries, plants and ...