Inside a barn in southwest Missouri, Macauley Kincaid operates a massive contraption of wood and metal affixed with pipes, ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still ...

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have uncovered how soil food webs promote the transformation and storage of photosynthetic carbon in ...

Protesters gathered outside a new space at the talks, the industry-sponsored “Agrizone,” to call for a transition toward a ...

Farmers planting cover crops for better water filtration and weed suppression also have to factor in the challenges, which ...

More than two decades ago, Joan Iverson Nassauer, professor of landscape architecture at the University of Michigan School ...

T he Recording Academy announced its list of nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards on Friday morning.

Tanner Schoff’s dad, James, started no-tilling corn and soybeans almost 30 years ago in Walnut, Ill., to keep the soil in place on their highly erodible land. Not too long after that, they started ...

For nearly 15 years, Wisconsin farmer Josh Hiemstra has been using cover crops on his 800-acre farm near Brandon. The Hiemstra family keeps busy managing their diverse operations, which include ...

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Governor Kim Reynolds are encouraging Iowa farmers to plant cover crops this fall to improve water quality and save money on next year's crop insurance premiums.

Cover crops are important in areas cultivated year after year. They reduce soil erosion and improve its overall health. As spring heats the soil, cover crops suppress weeds, and as they grow, they ...

Cattle graze on a mix of plants that make up a cover crop on a field at the Rodale Institute in Marion on Oct. 3. The mix of plants are clover, radishes, Japanese millet and oats. According to a new ...