Hoosiers planted an estimated 1.58 million acres of cover crops, according to survey results from Indiana Conservation Partnership.

Local corn and soybean producers are invited to attend “Taking the Next Steps in Cover Crop Management,” an educational program focused on advancing cover crop management and decision making.

Application timing of a foliar fungicide treatment in corn is important for maximizing disease control and yield, advises Jim Henry.

Students from the Western Illinois University School of Agriculture earned multiple team and individual honors at the 2026 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judging Conference.

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology opened nominations for the 2026 CAST Lifetime Achievement Award and is also accepting applications for the 2026 CAST Science Communication Scholarship.

Farmers for Soil Health, the farmer-led initiative launched in 2022 to double cover crop acres on U.S. farmland by 2030, has reopened enrollment for 2026 with increased per-acre payments and a simplified one-year contract designed to remove barriers for growers.

Scientists have discovered an evolutionary innovation in soybean plants that might improve crop yields if fine-tuned through alternative approaches such as gene editing.

Understanding farmers' risk attitudes is critical to predicting their decisions about climate change adaptation.

Rain showers over the past several weeks have resulted in challenges to spray for weeds and sidedress anhydrous on Wessels Family Farm.