Will the Make America Healthy Again initiatives impact modern agricultural practices that farmers rely on to produce ...

Crop science is the scientific discipline that explores the cultivation of crops, focusing on improving their yield, quality, ...

Amid climate challenges, shorter crops that are now being tested could transform Midwest farming and offer farmers variety. Driving through the Midwest, many are accustomed to walls of corn reaching ...

For specialty crop farmers, 2025 has offered little relief from mounting financial pressures. Markets that once promised stable margins are now defined by volatility, with production expenses ...

Applications are now open for USDA’s new $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program. This initiative, administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), aims to help specialty crop ...

Brenda Boetel, department chair of Agricultural Economics at UW-River Falls and Extension agricultural marketing specialist, ...

Finalists for the Top Producer of the Year award represent the best in the business of farming, specifically entrepreneurial originality; financial and business progress; and industry and community ...

Automation and robots are becoming mainstays in many industries, but researchers and farmers in China are taking innovation ...

The Iowa Crop Advantage Series connected with local farmers over the week to address the challenges and opportunities facing agriculture in 2026.

"Some farmers have abandoned agriculture altogether." Farmers devastated as key crop becomes harder to grow: 'Cultivation is ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota farmers are bracing themselves while planning for the 2025 crop year after experiencing declining net farm incomes in 2024. According to new data from the University of Minnesota ...

According to the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, an initiative aimed at reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into Iowa’s ...