People who attend farmers markets more often report greater levels of community participation and a sense of community – according to a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study of more than ...

Harvest is coming. Farmers are counting down the days. But the people driving the combines aren’t the only ones who have to ...

The corn market wasn’t moving much as it was awaiting the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of ...

A new study led by University of Illinois scientists reveals critically-small genetic variation in one of the country’s primary breeding stocks for corn. The finding relates specifically to grain yiel ...

Honey bee colonies that have been queenless and broodless for a period of time will develop laying workers. A colony will eventually die without a queen to lay more young ...

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Social media went wild recently after the United Kingdom’s second-largest supermarket announced it was going to stock only white eggs in its own brand. The company claimed they are more ...

August is the optimal timing for late-summer alfalfa plantings in the Midwest, and specifically in Ohio. Agronomy Guide recommends planting dates between Aug. 1 and Aug. 15 for ...

Severe storms rolled through east-central Iowa on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7. With them came a confirmed tornado, 90 mph winds and extreme hail. If you were in the bullseye of ...

A career as an ag education teacher/FFA advisor is not only a rewarding career choice, but it’s a vocation that brings smiles ...

On July 14, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum was in Bozeman, Mont., to officially announce the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) proposed change to the protective regulations of the ...

NEW ORLEANS – River Queen Greens, as the name suggests, lies just outside the levee blocking the Mississippi River, a ...