From mitigating soil compaction and reducing erosion, to adding nutrients to soil and suppressing weeds, there are many reasons to plant fall cover crops.

Plus, diversifying grain crops by including more ancient grains like millet and sorghum may help reduce food shortages and, ...

Innovators within the produce industry are breaking the boundaries of food production — by growing crops not in fields, but in recycled shipping containers. This modern twist on farming is designed to ...

Scientists now have a new tool to predict the future effects of climate change on crop yields. Researchers are attempting to bridge two types of computational crop models to become more reliable ...

Farmhand Jeanetta Carroll washes turnips at Calypso Farm in Fairbanks, Alaska in summer 2023 (Photo Courtesy of Susan Willsrud/Calypso Farm) In October, fall gives way to winter for much of Alaska.