I’m sure many of us are more than happy to close the 2024 season and pray for more timely rains in 2025. This year, margins are looking to be just as, if not tighter, than last year. Over the last ...

If you’re on Twitter, you’ve likely seen a lot of buzz around wide-row corn (44-inch or 60-inch) with cover crops seeded between rows. The goal is to space the corn rows out to provide more light for ...

When you look across a field of miscanthus, it's "hypnotically beautiful," says Emily Heaton, whose family farm has for two decades grown the first commercial field of this grass in Illinois. Dense, ...

HAWKINSVILLE — A thick cloud trails Rodney Dawson’s tractor as it drops peanut seed in a freshly harrowed field off U.S. 129. At the end of the row, Dawson swings the tractor to a stop and climbs out.

Mother Nature routinely sends corn growers production challenges from weeds, insects and disease. Now, she has a trick up her sleeve agronomists are referring to as the “edge effect.” It took a ...

It's long been a common practice for farmers in the Inland Northwest to alternate between crops that suck nitrogen from the soil, such as wheat or barley, and so-called "pulse" crops that replenish ...

The Associated Press national player of the week in men’s college basketball for Week 16 of the season:Darius Acuff Jr., No. 20 ArkansasThe 6-foot-3 freshman gu Hogs secure best win of season with ...

Robeson County is home to a diverse agricultural landscape, including row crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, tobacco and small grains. The Extension field crops agent will serve as a trusted ...