The University of Minnesota Extension’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP) has a long history of investing ...

The topic of food security and sustainable agricultural systems is a crucial one, particularly as environmental degradation escalates. “Recently, organic agricultural systems have drawn much attention ...

For the last several decades, the default path for American farmers and ranchers has been increasing specialization of the agricultural activities on their operations. In 1949, American farmers ...

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 ...

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat, found that the three-year ...

As U.S. wheat acres fall to historic lows, Idaho farmers hold steady, driven by crop rotation, efficient water use, and ...

We ask a lot of our gardens: Brilliant flowers, productive vegetables, pest-free plants and fertile soil. To get these lush results, sometimes we need to employ more than just water and compost. Crop ...

The techniques used on the farm can be easily applied to home gardens, especially by those wanting to grow their own vegetables ...

Commercial planting for newgold canola will start in September 2027 in the southern Great Plains (Kansas, Oklahoma, northern Texas), primarily within wheat rotation systems. At the intersection of low ...

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 ...