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Cover crops can greatly benefit your farming operation, but they require “many considerations” before making that optimal selection, according to Kansas State University Extension researchers Anita Dille and DeAnn Presley. The two recently tackled this subject in K-State’s “eUpdate” newsletter.

This million investment is in addition to existing funding for programs like the Environmental Quality Initiatives Program (EQIP), Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

Most people saw an abandoned intercity parking lot. Benjamin Kant saw opportunity.

Many hands make light the load. This sentiment has inspired hundreds of volunteers to participate in the twice-annual “Wabash Sampling Blitz,” which collects water samples from 206 sites across the Wabash River Watershed.

Do you agree with the following statement: “I have access to all the information I want about where my food comes from, how it’s produced and its safety”? A new study from the Center for Food Integrity (CFI) says only a minority of consumers do.

Feeding high levels of forage requires a positive mindset of the entire farm team.

Even the best rations can be undermined by management issues and unknown or unaccounted-for herd dynamics.

Energy independence has been a goal of every president since Richard Nixon, but it remains elusive.

How can the next farm bill keep U.S. producers competitive in good times - and bad? The Global Harvest Initiative has some ideas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of two types of potatoes that are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.