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Precision agriculture tools like SWAT MAPS are helping farmers understand soil, water, and topography variations to make better input decisions. By dividing fields into 10 unique zones, these maps ...

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Then, Iowa made national headlines last fall for its cancer rate — the second highest in the country. A surge of advocacy ...

The three-day Farmers’ Festival in this city opened on Friday with a Thanksgiving Mass, agricultural fair and farm machinery ...

The USDA has restored funding for a University of Idaho program that supports farmers in adopting regenerative practices and ...

Replacing the water in your fish tank is an annoying chore, but it’s a necessary evil. It can get old quickly, especially if ...