1. Understand Your Mission “A soybean producer’s job is to use the big three factors that produce yield — light, water and nutrients,” says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie.

Rain Needed For Shipments A contributing factor to the supply tightness Milam predicts could come from river levels. And though wet springs aren’t conducive to getting equipment into the field ...

A new study has uncovered key genetic factors that influence both biomass and sugar content in sugar beet, a critical crop for global sugar production.

The science and production of quality vegetable products from establishment to harvest. Topics will align to student interests in vegetable crop science including: factors affecting productivity and ...

Soilless growing systems inside greenhouses, known as controlled environment agriculture, promise to advance the year-round ...

Cropping patterns are typically shaped by a complex interplay of various factors, including soil type, water availability, crop duration, production costs, farming practices, and pest and disease ...

Nuclear techniques provide data that enhances soil fertility and crop production while minimizing the environmental impact. Advancing food security and environmental sustainability in farming systems ...

There has been evidence since at least the 1800s that weed incidence varies with crop rotation. An extensive literature survey of over 200 references indicated that weed number, biomass and seed ...