Learn essential chemical application safety from UNL expert Joshua Villazana, including proper PPE, record-keeping and drift ...

Members come together to host a variety of educational workshops and PAC Field Days for producers/farmers, commercial and industry personnel, and governmental agencies, as well as programs that offer ...

Most people sow forage radishes in the fall and allow the winter’s cold weather to terminate the crop without manual intervention. However, you can sow these as winter cover crops in February as long ...

The Pro Farmer Crop Tour gathers 100 scouts who pull samples from thousands of fields across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota to provide insights into potential corn ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cover crops are used to slow erosion, improve soil health and capture nutrients. However, from planting to termination, growers face many production decisions. The Midwest Cover ...

We always strive to go into Crop Tour with an open mind. The goal of the Tour is to get a strong, objective view of corn yield potential across the Corn Belt during the third full week of August.

Crop dusters keep Iowa's farm fields and the economy healthy. The saying "pennies from heaven" certainly doesn't refer to aerial spraying. Ag aviation contributes $214 million to the state's economy ...

Bi-weekly Purdue Extension hosts a Field Crop Update for Extension Educators and Specialists. These updates are usually shared online via the Purdue on the Farm and/or the Purdue Extension – Putnam ...

Increasing diversity on farms can enhance many key ecosystem services to and from agriculture, and natural control of arthropod pests is often presumed to be among them. The expectation that ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. Last summer, the state Department of Agriculture released a ...