Decades of scientific research tells us that improving nutrient management and rebuilding soil health in farm fields can increase productivity for farmers and deliver a range of conservation benefits.

What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...

From Washington to Lincoln, farm life shaped the leaders who built America’s agricultural foundation—and continues to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around the world, plastics are finding their way into farm fields. Some farmers say agricultural plastic, already a necessity for ...

Around the world, biodiversity is dropping precipitously. In North America, about three billion birds have been lost over recent decades and amphibian populations are declining at a rate of about four ...

Around 100 wild blueberry producers gathered for the University of Maine’s Blueberry Farm Field Day. The annual event, ...

As harvest approaches, it’s important to recognize there’s an invisible enemy lurking in your corn fields. Phantom yield loss occurs when a crop is allowed to naturally dry down to a certain point ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Kentland Farm Field Day shows off the latest in agriculture innovation. Spectators had their eyes to the sky, watching a demonstration of a drone used to spray crops. “You can ...

Last month we reported that a huge vertical farming operation near Copenhagen in Denmark recently completed its first harvest. That setup uses hydroponics, but the veggies grown in Vertical Field ...