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Neonicotinoid loss would carry mammoth consequences for farmers

When buying seed, yield potential, disease resistance and stress tolerance are top of mind. Seed companies also add seed purity to that list.

Read about the latest upgrades and options in several irrigation systems.

What do Bt-resistant pink bollworms found in fields in India have to do with U.S. agriculture? A lot.

Management zones are a farmer’s guide to variable-rate farming.

Management zones are the foundation of a good soil fertility program. Uniform fields are a rarity, and growers need to manage land according to soil variability.

Chip Flory has a tight grip on agriculture’s tape measure. When an army of 150 scouts from 12 countries marches across U.S. farmland with ropes and smartphones, Flory knows there is a meticulous method to the madness.

Cover crops are a bustling industry within agriculture, but, the cover crop drumbeat is also met with skepticism or opposition, and some producers point toward the fallacy of blanket acceptance.

Switching part of your acres to no-till is as simple as just parking the tillage tractor, right? Maybe not. Here are a few considerations before trying no-till for the first time.