Garden of Eagan: with a recycled milk jug, soil and seeds, you can create a mini greenhouse that protects cold-hardy crops and native plants, giving your garden a head start while winter still lingers ...

A crops education coordinator with Practical Farmers of Iowa says producer interest in cover crops and extended rotations has never been higher. Solveig Orngard tells Brownfield, “We have a cover ...

Iowa agricultural officials have extended a cattle and conservation project that has its roots in southwest Iowa.

Minnesota dairy and row crop operation demonstrates how strategic no-till farming and precision technology investments can boost farm profitability.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced a three-year extension of the popular, farmer-led Cattle and Conservation Working Lands Project. The extension renews program agreements in ...

This 2026 Prairie Farmer Master Farmer strives to learn something new every day and wants to be known as a teacher within the ...

A tomato grows in the garden in Ely, Iowa Wednesday, July 25, 2012.(Gazette photo Jim Slosiarek)   Buy Photo It ...

Jeff Wienkes of LaCrosse Seed explains how cover crops are evolving from 'soil savers' into strategic financial tools.

The K-State canola breeding program serves as a co-principal investigator on a National Cover Crop Variety Improvement and Seed Production Program, funded a USDA Sustainable Agricultural Systems grant ...

By now, most people working in agriculture have heard that growing a cover crop after a cash crop is harvested can make a big ...

The Maryland Ag Department says it has spending under control despite paying farmers $6 million more than expected last ...