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Wheat truly feeds our world. It accounts for 20% of the calories we consume, and 35% of the Earth’s population depends on it for their very survival.

Corn stalks that don’t completely decompose during the winter interfere with spring planting but can a new cellulosic ethanol plant turn those tough cornstalks into cash?

No matter how much management, labor and fertilizer you apply, and regardless of the quality of seed you plant, it’s the soil that underpins how much food and fiber you produce.

Even though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed rock removal on the Mississippi River earlier than expected, water levels remain precarious.

POET, one of the nation’s leading ethanol producers, continues to develop new technology even as criticism mounts for an end to the federal ethanol mandate.

The New York native works as an extension agent educating people about consumer and commercial horticulture.

Agricultural and food companies are converting what were formerly thought of as waste products into profit centers, according to a new report, “Don’t Waste a Drop,”

Yield losses due to compaction in tracked areas can range between 10% and 20%.

The Farm Journal Foundation announced today that its nonprofit initiative Farmers Feeding the World is making its largest single commitment to date, giving $1 million to Heifer International.

The need for increased food production and the role farmers will play in the issue was a hot topic at the Ag Issues Forum in Nashville, Tenn.