Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are responding to the increasingly uncertain climate. The warmer and more unpredictable weather has been a ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota and Iowa State University finds that diversifying crop rotations can greatly reduce negative environmental and health impacts, while ...

Scientists at the USDA–Agricultural Research Service Central Great Plains Research Station in Akron, Colo., are in the 20th year of a major project to determine which alternative crops farmers could ...

Crop rotation strategies can differ from region to region and farm to farm, depending on a farm’s cropping needs and choices. Currently, a grass-heavy rotation exists on many High Plains farms due to ...

Soil is the core resource of agricultural production. It not only provides crops with nutrients and water for growth but also supports multiple ecological functions such as microbial activity and ...

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two ...

KANSAS CITY – Industry partnerships, including one between ADM and PepsiCo, Inc., are boosting regenerative agriculture efforts, and so are profitable crop rotations, including those featuring legumes ...

Growing more legumes, like beans and lentils, is potentially a more sustainable and nutritious approach to European agriculture, shows a new study in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. This study ...

April 12 (UPI) --On large farms, traditional crop rotations typically consist of barley, wheat and rapeseed. According to a new study -- published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food ...

February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...