Like many others in our state, I applaud the recent Farm Bill’s inclusion of $1 billion for specialty crop farmers, those ...

Variety selection is one of the most important decisions a soybean farmer makes that will contribute to profitability, yet it is also one of the hardest. As soybean growers face razor-thin margins ...

Decades of research has shown promise for using microbiome science to solve several problems facing agriculture, but these findings have not yet been translated to practical recommendations for ...

American farmers are good at producing two crops: corn and soybeans. Too good, actually. Farmers are expected to harvest one of the largest crops in history in the coming weeks, according to the U.S.

Few Iowa farmers repeatedly plant soybeans on the same land, a little-researched and long-discouraged practice. But economic factors could lead to increased interest in growing continuous soybeans, so ...

RYDER, N.D. — Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer who’s worked his family’s land in central North Dakota for about 20 years. Roughly half of his 2,500 acres are typically dedicated to ...

As the infection takes hold, the spots grow and the centers of the spots turn pale gray, while their borders take on a red, brown or purple color. In the middle of the pattern, you may see small black ...

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Phillips County Farmer Josh McClain for the second year broke the Kansas Soybean Yield Contest record by double digits.

MAPLETON, N.D. — The weather that eastern North Dakota experienced in the month of May was all over the board. Despite the 100-degree heat, high winds, rain and even temperatures dipping below ...

In the recent farm income report, USDA revised the estimated total U.S. net cash income for 2025 downward to $153.9 billion, which is a decrease of nearly $27 billion from the September projection.