Farmers are turning to crop rotation, sharp scouting, and diversified tactics — along with Bt — to keep the pest from taking ...

Banker plants are valuable against common strawberry pests, such as aphids, thrips, and two-spotted spider mites. Cereal banker plants combat this scourge through an ongoing supply of non-pest aphids, ...

A guide to 7 vegetables to plant in February in a cold frame or beneath cloches for the first homegrown harvests of the year, ...

Field pennycress could become a valuable winter crop, with benefits for both carbon storage and farm profitability.

The likelihood of seeing a benefit from planting a cover crop, however, is closely related to the amount of biomass produced by the cover crop. Cereal rye has been one of the most, if not the most, ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, ...

Question: We want to try growing tomatoes from seeds we see at garden centers. When do we sow the seeds and do we plant them in the ground or in containers? Answer: Start your tomato seeds to grow ...

SLATER — In a snow-covered field north of Des Moines, Lee Tesdell’s sheep seem comfortable, grazing in a paddock of Kernza, a perennial grain cultivated by The Land Institute in Kansas. Tesdell is one ...

Historical farming practices, particularly for cotton in the Southeast, led to significant topsoil erosion and land degradation. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is promoting the use ...

The latest market outlook by Future Market Insights (FMI) reveals that the global Cover Crop Seed Varieties Market is poised for substantial expansion, expected to rise from USD 1.2 billion in 2025 to ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...