Crop rotation strategies can differ from region to region and farm to farm, depending on a farm’s cropping needs and choices. Currently, a grass-heavy rotation exists on many High Plains farms due ...

Rotating crops fertilized with livestock manure does not increase soil carbon levels, according to preliminary results of an ongoing study from Iowa State University. Why it matters: The findings ...

It’s also a disease without a lot of varietal resistance or management options, except for rotation and early ... The cluster’s focus is diverse crop research on flax, camelina, carinata ...

DFCC focuses on research on diverse crops such as camelina, carinata, flax, sunflower and mustard. As such, these crops form the focus area of the researcher’s project. Spring wheat is tapped as a ...

Hill said the success seen by recent flax crops, along with lower input costs, have farmers looking at it as a strong alternative crop. “I think growers have had really good success with flax the last ...

Includes black poppy, industrial chicory, hemp, caraway seed, colza seed, rape seed, linseed, soy beans, flax and sunflowers ... or naturally (self-seeded), that has not been included in the crop ...

Results of such tests “will be used to assure global flax markets that Canada knows its crop and is in control of the quality of the flax delivered,” the government said in a release. The CAAP funding ...

A community project in Totnes is hoping to revive local production of textiles by encouraging people to grow flax in their gardens and allotments. Totnes Grows Flax is working with Transition Town ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker have both made the Opening Day roster for the Texas Rangers, with the recent first-round draft picks filling the final two spots in the rotation.