Chicken house electricity audit provides clues to curbing ‘peak demand.’ Today’s meat chickens were bred to grow faster with higher feed conversion ratios, but that also makes chicken house climate ...

Area planted to sunflower in 2024 decreased 46% from 2023 and totals 715,200 acres, according to the initial USDA Farm Service Agency crop acreage report. The planted area of oil-type varieties, at ...

As a fifth-generation farmer, agriculture is a tradition on both sides of Reagan O’Farrell’s family. While many in the family raise beef cattle, the Appleton City High School senior’s focus is on hog ...

Scams misleading potential recipients of Discrimination Financial Assistance Program money have been reported.

1. Time off the farm. Encourage kids to go away before they are allowed to come back home. That doesn’t necessarily mean extra schooling, but they should learn additional skills to bring back to make ...

The Nebraska Association of Natural Resources Districts announced its 2024 Hall of Fame honorees at Husker Harvest Days.

Harvest is underway for portions of the Midwest, with early corn yield results coming in bountiful, as expected. While the U.S. supply of corn looks to be abundant, demand for U.S. corn is increasing ...

You may feel like the sun is setting on your farm following a rough 2024 corn and soybean price slide. How some farmers reacted following a similar 2014 price slump is key to enduring this latest ...

While the abandonment rate remained the same, USDA cut yield per harvested acre across nine states in their September WASDE ...

Our state climate history shows that October also tends to bring some of the driest days of the year and, more often than not, the National Weather Service issues some red flag warnings for a high ...

Even with low commodity prices, land sale prices have been stickier than expected. The outcome of this fall’s harvest will help dictate future land price direction.

Southern Brazil is a different story. Pockets of Southern Brazil continue to see too much rain, especially in RGDS. The western part of the state of Parana is free to begin planting and should see ...