With corn and soybean planting finished, Chad Bell is focusing on evaluating the stands and completing tissue sampling and ...

Larson cuts open soybeans to inspect the crop and see what’s inside. A simple field check that helps guide harvest decisions.

Many soybean farmers use seeds treated with fungicides to ward off disease, but the profits from these increased yields might ...

The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) has a weird double life. The plant’s seeds give a tasty, nutty flavor to bagels, breads, ...

A new investigation from the University of Kansas improves detection of PFAS, a family of so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water supplies. The method, which can measure trace pollution levels ...

Ötzi the Iceman, Europe’s most famous mummy, is crawling with microbes, some long dead, some still eking out a living after ...

When the intestinal lining breaks down, harmful gut bacterial antigens can slip into the bloodstream alongside nutrients.

Soybean stand assessment needs to be done after soybeans emerge, more critical this year because of the planting delay and ...

High-tech apps and aerial imagery promise faster soybean stand counts, but a two-year Michigan State University study shows the old-fashioned manual method remains the most accurate. Researchers ...