The USDA says Illinois farmers made modest planting progress last week. Brian Corkill, who farms in Henry & Stark Counties, says he’s not started planting yet, but there’s been a lot of work done in ...

Nebraska farmers are starting planting season; they are expected to plant 10.6 million acres of corn this year.

It’s a field-by-field assessment, and I recommend that growers dig in fields to better assess soil moisture and depth.

GDUs offer a more reliable method to predict corn emergence and development than using calendar days, according to yield ...

It is a perfect time to start your spring and early summer garden in Tennessee. Here's the best time to plant everything from beans to zucchini.

The following was written by Giovani Preza Fontes and Emerson Nafziger with the Department of Crop Sciences at the University ...

Intercropping creates a living web of soil-building and nutrient-exchange underground. When legumes fix nitrogen, root ...

REGIONAL—N’West Iowa farmers have been planting crops since the start of April as a dry and warm winter meant early access to ...

When vegetable gardening, some plants do better when grown close to others. Learn why and which plants grow best together.

Imagine a world where every meal connects you to the earth and to centuries of wisdom, where each bite tells a story of ...

Dryland farmers rely on the rain to grow their corn and other crops, so in a long drought, they must lower expectations.

Imagine stepping into a garden woven from the threads of many worlds—a living tapestry where wild prairie sage meets the ...