Beginning in the 2017 growing season, The Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC) has worked over the past six years with Iowa State University and local ag retailers to study the progress ...

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 ...

Agriculture has always depended on careful planning, observation, and timing, but today’s farmers have access to far more ...

The area is one of five dairy regions in the U.S. where scientists sampled soils on commercial dairy farms to create a ...

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 ...

These practices aim to improve soil health, make crops more resilient, reduce input costs, and protect water quality.

Farming is predictably unpredictable, especially now. South Dakota farmers and ranchers like myself are familiar with the many challenges facing production agriculture. The vagaries of markets, ...

MINOT, N.D. — Dry conditions and following recommended production practices combined to result in a canola production year in which disease pressures were relatively low in North Dakota. Chapara was ...

Nitrogen fertilizers are applied to crops to increase yield, but some of that nitrogen is lost to the atmosphere in the form of ammonia. Ammonia is a major air pollutant linked to numerous health ...

Plan to assess new pest management practices this season and then adjust to reduce rootworm risk in next year’s corn crop.