The biggest threat to soil is industrial farming, argues Rubin, who says the heart of large-scale food production is monocropping, the practice of growing a single crop — usually corn, soybeans or ...

On a hilltop field in Rush County, Kevin Wiltse stabbed his spade into plant residue-encrusted earth and turned over a shovelful of dark soil. He knelt, scooped up a fistful of moist, porous ...

The low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal are among the most challenging in the world to farm.Soils and ...

Decades of chemical-heavy agriculture in India have exacted an enormous price: declining soil fertility, erosion, and increasingly fragile ecosystems.

Each year, Ohio Farmer bestows the prestigious Master Farmer award on two individuals who have demonstrated how to farm more ...

It is raining when I arrive at Knepp Estate in West Sussex. The thick mud underfoot on this former 300-year-old farm is as sticky as glue, but the scenery resembles a Henri Rousseau painting by way ...

How resiliency steered Class of 2026 Iowa Master Farmers Dan and Susan Voss through farming challenges and health scares ...

Great Plains continues to invest in technology and rollout new products for farmers with the unveiling of two new offerings: a PL5200 planter and the Terra-Max hybrid tillage solution. “Bringing value ...

Beneath the golden corn fields and sprawling soybean rows of America's Midwest lies an invisible crisis that threatens the very foundation of the nation's food system. While farmers work the land that ...

On March 16, 1926, Clark University professor Robert Goddardfired up a rocket nicknamed “Nell,” powered by a blend of ...

Regulations for the new 45Z biofuel tax incentive need to account for cover crops, precision fertilizer applications and other regenerative agriculture practices to ensure that farmers fully benefit ...

North American bird populations are not just shrinking; they are shrinking faster with each passing decade, and the worst losses now cluster in the continent’s most intensively farmed regions. A study ...