New federal initiative provides farmers funding for soil health practices and conservation through streamlined application ...

Discover how the Udermanns adopted no-till practices, regenerative methods and a commitment to soil health, earning the inaugural Master Farmer Award.

Conservation practices are readily available for U.S. farmers to implement, but financial roadblocks commonly stymie their adoption. A study done in 2020 in cooperation between the Soil Health ...

Beginning in the 2017 growing season, The Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC) has worked over the past six years with Iowa State University and local ag retailers to study the progress ...

AMES, Iowa – A new study that combines survey data and cutting-edge computer modeling found a growing trend in tillage intensity in U.S. corn and soybean production in recent years has led to an ...

One of the most important parts of any conservation or farming operation is establishing goals to work toward. It is easy to do the same thing year after year because of limited time or finances. What ...

Walk through Iowa today and you'll see endless cornfields stretching to the horizon. What you won't see is what's ...

A study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed how maize roots change their traits in response to different tillage practices, such as no tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT).

Graham Christensen explains the regenerative agriculture practices employed at his family’s farm east of Lyons to produce crops with less intensive use of pesticides and fertilizers during a farm tour ...

Rabi season farming focuses on sustainability, efficient resource use, and strong crops to confirm consistent yields and long ...