The margins on almost every major crop are set to fall this marketing year, the American Farm Bureau Federation is warning, as rising input costs and export uncertainty further squeeze producers and ...

An underwhelming seed sector, water insecurity and a narrow agri export market will pose challenges to the sector in the ...

Nobody really knows how the fungus Bipolaris maydis got into the cornfields of the United States. But by summer of 1970, it was there with a vengeance, inflicting a disease called southern corn leaf ...

KANSAS CITY — Weather typically is the main force affecting agricultural commodity market moves from planting in the spring (or fall for winter wheat) to harvest in the fall (or summer for winter ...

The October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report shed light on wider production swings in a few smaller crops, including canola and sunflowers, and provided new insight into ...

Explore the pros and cons of various cover crop varieties to know what to pick for your cotton field this winter.

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Europe’s sugar beet industry, not by biting plants, but by spreading bacteria that rob ...

"Directly translates into a crisis." Officials issue warning as extreme weather devastates major crop: 'Significant hardships ...

Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By tweaking only two amino acids, they converted a defensive receptor into one ...