WESTFIELD, Ind. — A warm, dry fall helped many farmers make quick work of fields, leaving them more time to apply fertilizer, seed cover crops and think through their needs for the 2023 season. Wait until the soil is ready for nitrogen Farmers in top corn producing states like Iowa and Illinois favor fall application […]

WATERLOO, Iowa — Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Black Hawk County will offer four opportunities to attend the Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course, led by Extension Field Agronomist, Terry Basol. Four sessions are scheduled to be held in Black Hawk County as follows: January 4th at 1:30 pm in Buchanan Hall at Hawkeye Community […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. — No-till, Kentucky farmers and the University of Kentucky have been inextricably linked from the very beginning. In 2022, farmers across the United States will come to Louisville to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Christian County farmer Harry Young’s first commercial no-till planting during the National No-Tillage Conference. The conference is Jan. 4-7, and […]

DETROIT — Members of the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development got a first-hand look at the opportunities available for urban agriculture while touring new Commissioner Andy Chae’s farm, Fisheye Farms, located in Detroit. As a first-generation farmer, Chae shared with his fellow Commissioners and attendees his passion for agriculture, farming, and getting more […]

DURHAM, N.H. – Did you know you can make syrup from sycamore trees? And that seedless table grapes grown locally taste nothing like what you get at the grocery store? How about that wet brewers grains are a sustainable, cost-effective alternative for heifer feed? And did you know that researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment […]