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Improvements enable growers to maximize pivot uptime
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson explains the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
A research team from Graz, Austria, is developing biological methods to improve the shelf life of fruit and vegetables.
The deeply flawed people surrounding us make for great heroes.
U.S. secretary of agriculture Sonny Perdue has approved North Dakota’s request for a secretarial disaster designation for 47 counties related to late-season rainfall and a disastrous October snowstorm.
Precision agriculture is focused on capturing farm data and using it to benefit global food production and environmental security. The resulting mountain of raw data constitutes both a challenge and an opportunity for smart farming. But to what end?
Made from Pennsylvania-grown blue- and white-colored potatoes, Tailgater Taters are the brainchild of William J. Lamont, Jr., a retired professor of vegetable crops at Penn State.
Twelve thousand feet above sea level in Peru’s Sacred Valley, Manuel Choqque grows a dozen or so varieties of oca, an heirloom potato that thrives in the low-nutrient soils and harsh climate high up in the Andes.
It started with curiosity. How does a fumigant, commonly used for nematode management in potato cropping systems, influence soil microbial communities?
Creighton Miller, plant breeder and professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University, has died after a long bout with cancer. He was 79.
This non-native could prove very helpful in combating brown marmorated stink bugs.
Shown here is some of the most innovative equipment on the market, to provide you with the peace of mind that comes with knowing your crop is being well taken care of.
Sugarbeet and potato farmers whose crops have been hard hit by excessive moisture this harvest gathered to tell U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson about their unprecedented crop losses.
Compaction hinders plant growth and development, creating an environment for poor root system establishment. This leads to nutrient deficiencies and the reduced ability for nutrient uptake.
Scientists discover key interaction between plant viruses and insect viruses
U.S. secretary of agriculture Sonny Perdue will lead a trade mission to Mexico Nov. 6-8 to forge new opportunities with U.S. agriculture’s largest bilateral trading partner and second-largest export market.