Discover the key factors that increase the risk of gray leaf spot and the most efficient timing for fungicide application.

Our flax is grown for seed and also ends up in bulk bins at grocery stores, our durum is made into ... till their soil is to get rid of weeds—that a full one-third of the U.S.’s total annual pesticide ...

As the Grand Valley’s population grows and its farming community shrinks, agricultural burning becomes a more contentious ...

In southern latitudes, strip-tilling and no-tilling continuous corn is easier.” In one field of continuous corn, the Endresses found strip-till yields were not keeping up. “So we tilled the ...

Yields tend to drop off in compacted areas. That compaction may be due to being frequently driven over by heavy farm machines ...

One wouldn’t know from Dan Zuehlke’s family history that he is considered a beginning farmer. For four generations, two plots ...

The appearance and impact of alfalfa diseases often depend on both the age of the stand and the time of year. Diseases such ...

Crop residues were either placed at the soil surface or incorporated into the soil by ... by the surface residue which acted as a mulch. Water conservation during the fallow period and by the surface ...

Farmers invested profits into updating ... at breaking up corn stalks. Vertical tillage lifts and loosens the top area of the soil. However, multiple passes on corn stalks left over from the previous ...