Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. announces the addition of a mounted cover crop seeder for its Rolling Harrow soil conditioner to provide time-saving, one-pass planting of these profit-enhancing ...

Farmers complaining about Trump’s ongoing funding freeze to Agriculture Department programs are receiving mixed messages from ...

In central Indiana, I saw near-perfect, waist-high corn, basking in sunshine after a good rain ... He works closely with Purdue University specialists, Indiana Farm Bureau and commodity groups to ...

Since the first farmers tilled the soil more than 10,000 years ago, the plow has been the essential tool of human survival.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shenyang have found that adding cover crops to corn crops boosts nutrients in the soil and will help protect ...

Annual ryegrass is fast-growing and easier to establish by broadcast seeding than other grass cover crops. It needs to be planted earlier than cereal rye to get good fall cover. Ryegrass is conducive ...

A federal freeze on certain USDA programs has held up billions of dollars for conservation and caused layoffs at a nonprofit ...

Updated 2024 crop and rangeland damage estimates highlight the devastating impact of natural disasters on U.S. farm ...

Illinois corn and soybean farmer Rodney Weinzierl’s conservation practices led to fewer crop insurance payments to his family ...

Vigorous vegetables, like winter squash and sweet corn, are much more suitable. Interseeding requires good soil-seed contact, sufficient irrigation or rainfall, and decent weed control early in the ...

According to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippy, we might actually end up with a corn crop similar to those of 1995 and 2011. If you think back to 1995, the corn crop looked to be very good.

What will you remember about growing corn in 2024? Will it be a lesson about selecting the right ... He works closely with Purdue University specialists, Indiana Farm Bureau and commodity groups to ...