Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa. The Rozenbooms, like most ...

Bio-Control Lab urges Virudhunagar farmers to use integrated methods for effective cotton mealybug management and prevent crop losses.

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat, found that the three-year ...

Conclusively, soil degradation poses a serious threat to the sustainability of agriculture in Zimbabwe. Without urgent and co ...

Legumes are not only economically significant crops, second only to cereals in human consumption, but also important ...

Background Tobacco control is beginning to pay attention to additives and flavours in tobacco products but less so to the ...

Q: I've been told to rotate the crops in my vegetable garden. Last year’s garden was very successful, and I don’t want to “fix it if it is not broken”. A: Crop rotation, which has been around for ...

A study appearing in Nature Communications based on field and greenhouse experiments at the University of Kansas shows how a boost in agricultural yield comes from planting diverse crops rather than ...

Crop rotation was once central to farming, helping prevent soil erosion, suppress weeds, and even reduce pests and diseases. Though less common in today’s chemically intensive systems, its ecological ...

While there are several good options for terminating cover crops, it’s important to understand which cover crop termination methods work best for your specific cover cropping system and overall ...

Kane Wommack has not seen his Alabama football defense play faster than it did against LSU. The Crimson Tide defensive coordinator, reflecting on his unit's performance in a 20-9 win against LSU, one ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: Some farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are banding together to add oats to their usual soybean and corn crop rotations. It's a movement rooted in ...