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Fresh produce imports from Mexico, which are a major source of economic activity in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and throughout the U.S., are expected to grow substantially in coming years, ...
LanzaJet Inc. has ambitions to become the first ever commercial maker of green jet fuel made from ethanol. But now, U.S. tariffs on Brazilian biofuel are creating a problem. While its plant in Georgia ...
Timing and input management are critical to a successful cotton crop. Do-overs and second passes slow you down and raise input costs. Even worse, unmanaged weeds and pests can lower yield potential.
Penn State researchers discover flavonoids make corn earworm larvae sick. New herbicides and a bioinsecticide show promise. AI takes on SCN.
Growers looking for consistent high-yield potential plant Deltapine ® brand cotton varieties. “We plant Deltapine because it performs year after year,” said Karen Edwards, Garry Makamson Farms in ...
Colby Tucker of Hopkins FFA, Madelyn Ruster of Coopersville FFA, Grace Torsch of Montague FFA and Sterling Tomac of Chesaning FFA were recently named Michigan’s 2025 Star awardees. The awards are ...
The Iowa Master Farmer Class of 2025 has four new winners, along with two recipients of the Exceptional Service to Agriculture Award. They are: These individuals join a long line of winners dating ...
Absent avian flu and with more than 40 million laying hens, Ohio is one of the top three egg-farming states in the nation, along with Iowa and Indiana. But, in the past couple months, the state’s ...
*This is the eighth article in our 2025 Southwest Economic Outlook series. Oklahoma State University and OSU Extension Service, and Texas A&M University and TAMU AgriLife Extension Service economists ...
With tight crop budgets continuing, Brad Carlson, longtime Extension educator with the University of Minnesota, looked back over several years of actual farm records from Minnesota farmers. He found ...
*This is the third article in our 2025 Southwest Economic Outlook series. Oklahoma State University and OSU Extension Service, and Texas A&M University and TAMU AgriLife Extension Service economists ...