Results from a new survey reveal that between 25% and 50% of corn and soybean growers adopt the use of cover crops when their ...

There are increasing reports of crop pests migrating north into the Midwest. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Angie ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or discussed. Faculty often told their young farming ...

Dust storms have become an increasing concern in Illinois, prompting investigations into their causes and potential solutions ...

The coordinator of the Illinois Agricultural Pest Survey at the University of Illinois says the arrival of black cutworm moth ...

In a 2015 strip trial on a central Illinois farm, three cover crop mixtures were planted behind a wheat crop, next to the grower’s normal double-crop soybeans. In 2016, corn planted behind the ...

He said it was created to increase cover crop adoption and move the needle on Illinois's Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy. The plan is Illinois' effort to improve water quality by reducing the ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

Six years ago, Illinois became the second state in the nation to offer subsidies to farmers for planting cover crops in the fall, an effort to reverse its status as one of the worst states for ...