PepsiCo and Cargill are teaming up to transform the way key crops like corn and soy are grown in the Midwest region of the ...

Saving the Soil The rolling terrain of Kaderly’s Juda, Wisconsin, farm is home to 4% to 8% slopes. Ten acres of waterways help him navigate the landscape where he grows corn, soybeans and wheat ...

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization says much of our planet’s soil is under threat from activities such as farming and urban sprawl. But a number of projects in Canada and the ...

In the wettest areas of the upper Midwest, it may take several drier days in order to return to full-scale fieldwork, and the resulting soil conditions may be less conducive for good planting ...

Intense agricultural activity beginning in the mid-1800s has eroded the U.S. Midwest’s topsoil, the rich upper layer of soil that crops need to grow. That erosion causes nearly $3 billion in ...

There is much to be harvested from trees and shrubs, like nuts or berries, and there are many soil health and ecosystem benefits of having them on the farm. “Agroforestry is basically offering kind of ...

Farming today has little to do with romantic fantasies of living off the land. The Corn Belt, as this region in the Midwest of the U.S. is also known, is dominated by intensive agriculture.

Farming among the trees: How perennial crops can help breathe life into depleted soil September 27, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. by Missouri News Network ...