AMES, Iowa – Integrating perennial crops into corn and soybean rotations doesn’t consistently increase the ability of soils to store carbon, according to a new study that defies expectations for how ...

Farmers have utilized rotations of multiple crops over a several year period for hundreds or perhaps even thousands of years. Archeological evidence suggests that farmers in the Fertile Crescent ...

AMES, Iowa – Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn’t one of them, according to a new study led by Iowa ...

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Vol. 26, No. 1 (March 2011), pp. 1-3 (3 pages) Many lessons in long-term cropping systems experiments are learned from practical experience. I have conducted ...

With favorable soil moisture conditions this year, growers across North Dakota have an excellent opportunity to establish a ...

ABSTRACT Climate variability directly affects traditional low input and rain-fed farming systems, but few studies have paid attention retrospectively to the cropping system’s ability to mitigate ...

A three-year study conducted by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station shows that cover crops can improve yields in soybean fields. The study also answers a lingering question about wheat-double ...

A team of researchers from South Dakota State University has developed a high-tech system to help farmers optimize crop ...

We all could use some good news. Here is some. This is a story about breaking free. There’s more than corn, beans and hogs growing in north-central Iowa this summer. It turns out that the future may ...