Humans have been turning seeds and soil into food for thousands of years. We first started cultivating edible plants at the end of the last Ice Age, roughly 12,000 years ago. Ploughing made this ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Implementing no-till farming and other conservation practices can be great for your farm’s soil health and overall environment. But many have concerns when it comes to the cost of ...

Spring and summer 2024 have had no shortage of extreme weather. From flash flooding, hailstorms, wind and everything in between, this year’s crops have seen it all. Justin Glisan, state climatologist ...

The need for sustainable agricultural practices has gained unprecedented attention recently. As global populations rise and environmental concerns become more pressing, the farm sector is ...

Climate change is increasingly exposing agricultural systems to drought, heat stress, erratic rainfall and extreme weather ...

This summer, mere months after Ohio’s eighth wettest spring came its driest August on record and with it, a critical moment for both soybeans and corn. The drought hit hardest in the state’s northwest ...

Kishor's farm is a textbook example of circular agriculture. To support his organic cultivation, he raises livestock, which in turn provides high-quality manure.

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...

Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and space Benjamin Hack A farmer holding a bundle of manioc tubers in Sierra ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Jhum, or shifting agriculture, has long been a common practice among the farmers in in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh.