For a plant that grows naturally on the Midwest prairies, significant effort goes into starting native grasses and flowers in a greenhouse.

There are a lot of unknowns in the current durum market and that’s contributing to prices being somewhat stagnant and even ...

After serving as an Army Ranger in the 1st Ranger Battalion, Pat Montgomery faced a decision about what to do next.

The Rev. John Sumwalt will be the guest speaker at 10:30 a.m. June 7 for a memorial service at the Scandinavian Prairie ...

Ground-nesting birds often have a difficult task raising a clutch of chicks to become part of an adult population. Predators, ...

The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports released by USDA in mid-May gave the market the first look ...

Haemaphysalis longicornis -- is an invasive tick species originally native to China, Japan and other East Asian countries. As ...

Eighty years ago, Irvin Perdue left behind the battlefields of Europe for the rolling fields of southwest Iowa.

The way Ray Flickner tells it, he must be one of the luckiest farmers in all the state because his life has been a front-row ...

University of Minnesota researchers have gone all in on perennial grain Kernza, the kind of deep-rooted plant that many believe will prove essential for both feeding humanity and meeting the ...

Rugby High School has always had a strong ag education program, along with passionate and dedicated FFA advisors and ag ...

In April 2026 commercial nitrogen fertilizer prices increased approximately 30 percent since fall 2025. Fortunately there are ...