No one knows who first invented the idea of using cover crops to protect soil in agriculture fields, but by 6000 B.C. farmers ...

By P.J. Huffstutter, Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Across the U.S. farm belt, these have become ...

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

Food security, climate change, global health: Agriculture is where the world’s most serious challenges collide.

Rural Illinois was blessed with nutrient-rich soil that has made it a fertile cradle for crops. Soybeans and corn are its economic heartbeat, covering over 21 million of the state’s 26.3 million ...

A new cover crop survey is now open for prairie farmers and agronomists. Cover crops are plants grown in between or after ...

Renewable diesel is revving up interest from both agriculture and the oil industry, and now oil and agriculture companies are teaming up to find additional crop sources to fuel the growing demand.

Oregon wheat growers now know what the Trump administration’s $12 billion bailout for farmers will do for them. They are ...