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 ...

With climate change and growing global populations posing increasing threats to food security, the quest for agricultural sustainability and the resilience of crop yields becomes paramount. Current ...

Cotton prices are determined by cotton grades, so it’s important to understand what makes up a good grade and how you can optimize your management practices for high marks in the field. The color ...

Understanding how common management practices influence physical, chemical, and biological attributes of soil health is key to fostering sustainable agricultural production systems that balance the ...

Agricultural production in the Mid-Atlantic Region is integral to local, regional, national and even international food systems. Maintaining and improving the productivity and competitiveness of this ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Healthy soils help regulate water flow, sustain plant and animal life, filter and buffer potential pollutants, cycle nutrients and provide physical stability and support. Healthy ...

New findings share how prescribed fire and no-till management impact soil microbes. In some ways, farming is like cooking. Cooking would be much easier if we could leave the kitchen after eating and ...

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 ...

To enhance the number of beneficial insect species in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats and promoting crop diversity are both needed, according to new research. To enhance the number ...