While corn and soybean farmers deal with narrow margins, Oregon forage growers battle depressed grass seed values amid ...

Amid climate challenges, shorter crops that are now being tested could transform Midwest farming and offer farmers variety. Driving through the Midwest, many are accustomed to walls of corn reaching ...

For specialty crop farmers, 2025 has offered little relief from mounting financial pressures. Markets that once promised stable margins are now defined by volatility, with production expenses ...

Massive corn crop. The ’25 corn crop was massive, and there is no other way to describe it, Olson emphasized. At over 17 billion bushels, the ’25 U.S. corn crop was 1.7 billion bushels larger than the ...

Applications are now open for USDA’s new $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program. This initiative, administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), aims to help specialty crop ...

The 2025 eFields Report is available in both print and digital formats. Printed copies can be requested through local OSU Extension offices or by emailing digitalag@osu.edu. The e-version can be ...

Finalists for the Top Producer of the Year award represent the best in the business of farming, specifically entrepreneurial originality; financial and business progress; and industry and community ...

Garden optimism runs high, but spring rewards strategy more than enthusiasm. As indoor planting season ramps up in March, copying a viral seed-starting schedule can ... Read more The post Crop timing ...

THE CLOSURE IS EXPECTED TO LAST SEVERAL HOURS. WISCONSIN'S WEATHER EXTREMES THIS YEAR ARE TAKING A TOLL ON LOCAL FARMERS. >> METEOROLOGIST TELLS THUS ECONS ONE LOCAL FARM. >> FROM A WET SPRING TO A ...

If this trend continues, more farms will eventually shut down. Researchers raise red flags as key food crops become harder to grow: 'Most severe' first appeared on The Cool Down.

In life, all of us have challenges. But when considering the ones farmers face, ours seem minor. For farmers, they are ...