Planning for 2025 means planning for uncertainty. At some point during the season, your farm will face too much water, or too little, high wind, heat, cold and everything in between. While not every ...

The continual practice of ‘monoculture’ planting by farmers is becoming increasingly detrimental to the quality of produce in ...

Climate-smart practices include techniques that build soil carbon, like cover-cropping, not tilling fields after harvest and adding biochar or finely ground silicate rock to soils; and those that ...

Beginning in the 2017 growing season, The Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC) has worked over the past six years with Iowa State University and local ag retailers to study the progress ...

One of the major gaps in the empirical literature comparing conventional and organic farmers is the degree to which conventional farmers would prefer or can be motivated to use reduced-input practices ...

The business of growing crops has become more complicated as the agriculture industry is challenged with increasing production demands while minimizing environmental impact. New technologies and a ...

Prior organic farming practices and plantings can have lasting outcomes for future soil health, weeds and crop yields, according to new research. Prior organic farming practices and plantings can have ...