While corn and soybean farmers deal with narrow margins, Oregon forage growers battle depressed grass seed values amid reduced Chinese purchases.

Jonathan and Carolyn Olson’s family farm has been going for more than a century. But within the past 30 years, they’ve made ...

Crop science is the scientific discipline that explores the cultivation of crops, focusing on improving their yield, quality, and resistance to pests and diseases. It plays a pivotal role in ensuring ...

Applications are now open for USDA’s new $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program. This initiative, administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), aims to help specialty crop ...

For specialty crop farmers, 2025 has offered little relief from mounting financial pressures. Markets that once promised stable margins are now defined by volatility, with production expenses ...

Ben De Boef grew up working on his grandfather’s 400-acre farm in Montezuma, Iowa, and hearing stories about it. “I loved it since I was a kid,” said De Boef. “I didn’t really want to do anything ...

With a 2:1 formulation of two active ingredients, Sonic ® Boom herbicide delivers flexibility to help farmers overcome tough weeds. Each year, farmers carefully plan for the growing season. Then, as ...

The Zacks Agriculture – Operations industry continues to face persistent structural challenges, including volatile commodity prices, elevated input and labor costs, trade uncertainties, and rising ...

USDA announces March 13 deadline for specialty crop farmers to submit acreage reports for $1 billion assistance program ...

THE CLOSURE IS EXPECTED TO LAST SEVERAL HOURS. WISCONSIN'S WEATHER EXTREMES THIS YEAR ARE TAKING A TOLL ON LOCAL FARMERS. >> METEOROLOGIST TELLS THUS ECONS ONE LOCAL FARM. >> FROM A WET SPRING TO A ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - As harvest season approaches, Nebraska farmers are continuing to experience the effects of a roller coaster year—thanks to inconsistent weather patterns, declining crop prices ...