When it comes to planting trends in 2025, no-tillers stayed fairly consistent with their corn but made some changes to their ...

As harvest continues in central Illinois, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie says he is fielding a lot of calls from farmers about whether to do fall tillage. For the most part, his ...

Boyden, Iowa — Palle Pederson, Iowa State University Extension soybean specialist, presented no-till soybean research at the recent Northwest Iowa No-Till/Strip-Till conference in Boyden. Pederson’s ...

How do you know when fields are dry enough that you’ll be able to avoid putting in a compaction layer at planting? Ken Ferrie says some farmers use the “dust is flying in fields, so we’re good to go” ...

March is upon us, and in a matter of weeks, the 2026 planting season will begin. Looking back to 2025, there are lessons we can learn as we move forward to the new crop year. From planting date and ...

HAMPTON, Iowa — Long-time Practical Farmers of Iowa members Doug Alert and Margaret Smith have looked at organic no-till planting into cover crops, a system pioneered by Jeff Moyer at the Rodale ...

Research results from across 10 U.S. states found that planting soybean green is a feasible management practice to optimize cereal rye biomass production and provide effective Amaranthus species ...

The 2025 Wisconsin Soybean Association Soybean Yield Contest is a chance for Wisconsin soybean growers to showcase the effort ...