Illinois leads most rigorous agricultural greenhouse gas emissions study to date ...

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata). This pest can cause yield losses of more ...

On Cloughjordan Community Farm it takes a village to grow 50 sorts of vegetables. The member-owned farm produces high quality ...

A research and development site in Boone is using solar power, air and water to make farm fertilizer. The group behind the ...

A farmer in southeastern Minnesota is hopeful cover crops will help him return to spring fieldwork sooner following recent rains. Ed McNamara of Goodhue says cover crops dry the soil out. “It ...

The intensification of global agriculture results in significant disposal challenges, with 14 billion tons of crop straw and ...

Combining experience with his observations in India and Bangladesh, Shimpei Murakami wrote the book titled ‘Lessons from Nature: A Guide to Ecological Agriculture in the Tropics.’ After reading this ...

When Michael Geerlings bought Brook View Dairy in 2004, he knew he would work toward a more sustainable way of farming. Decades later, his operation is setting the standards for farms across the ...

Nearly 80 farmers, community members and agricultural industry professionals gathered this year on Feb. 3 for the Peninsula ...

Learn how to grow the most nutrient-dense vegetables by starting with healthy soil to get the nutrients needed to produce the ...

The Trump administration canceled a $3.1 billion grant program for climate-friendly crops, the Agriculture Department ...

When the race to plant crops gets underway in your area this spring ... to determine whether they’re signaling you have a red, green or yellow light for field work and planting.