In 2025, farmers have experienced a barrage of extreme weather, from severe flooding in the Southeast, to dust storms that battered fields in the Midwest. Amid these challenges, farmers have found ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Implementing no-till farming and other conservation practices can be great for your farm’s soil health and overall environment. But many have concerns when it comes to the cost of ...

Nearly 15,000 acres were devoted to sweet corn production in New England in 2012. Because sweet corn is an herbicide-, fertilizer-, and water-intensive crop, research must be done to develop ...

After the fall harvest, fields are normally left empty and tilled. But Shelby County farmer Andrew McDaniel keeps crops in his fields year-round. “We’re 100% no-till operation, and year over year we ...

Every acre Les Seiler and his family farm in northwest Ohio has a cover crop planted on it, with the goal of keeping a living root in the ground year-round “We try to mimic Mother Nature with what we ...

Caleb Akin, a co-operator of A&W Farms in Cambridge, Iowa, looks at the buckwheat cover crop growing in his organic, no-till soybean field. (Agri-Pulse photo) Advocates of conservation practices and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- If you're a farmer who's already practicing no-till, using cover crops or managing nitrogen efficiently, the final rule released by USDA on Friday now makes it easier to track ...

Conservation practices, such as using a no-till crop system, diversifying crops, or planting cover crops, can be implemented to improve soil health, reduce soil loss, mitigate net greenhouse gas ...

A study found a Wisconsin program that pays producers for measured reductions in phosphorus runoff was more cost-effective ...

Caleb Akin, a co-operator of A&W Farms in Cambridge, Iowa, looks at the buckwheat cover crop growing in his organic, no-till soybean field. (Agri-Pulse photo) More farmers are trying out conservation ...