Weed management is a key concern for any farmer. But it’s at the top of the list for those growing organic field crops, seeking or maintaining organic certification. Without synthetic pesticides to ...

Organic farmer Jack Fehr produces soybeans without chemical fertilizers or pesticides near West Bend, Iowa. (Photo by Keith Schneider/The New Lede) WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about ...

With insect farming projected to produce millions of tons of insects in the coming years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment ...

The broader takeaway is that organic agriculture offers a viable economic pathway for rebuilding resilience in American ...

A truck is loaded with corn next to a pile of soybeans at Matawan Grain & Feed elevator near New Richland. Credit: REUTERS/Karl Plume WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about how to limit ...

Mark McHargue is president of Nebraska Farm Bureau. He and his wife, Judi, operate a diversified farm where they raise irrigated corn, popcorn and soybeans using both organic and conventional cropping ...

Opposing conventional methods, organic farming encourages biodiversity. This includes limiting chemical usage, varying which ...

WEST BEND, Iowa (KTIV) - Fields of corn, soybeans and wheat fill the windshield as you drive through northwest Iowa. But there are some that are different than the rest. Thomas Fehr is a 6th ...

Keith White invited an older farmer to his land, which sits on the south edge of Memphis next to Highway 61 and under a row of power lines. White was preparing the 45 acres for soybeans, and the older ...

Any farmer can spot change after it arrives on a turnrow or property line, but few growers see change’s approach. Even rarer is the ability to recognize distant change forming in real time. Meet the ...

Purdue University has received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to explore the ecology of organic cropping systems ...

WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about how to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land, and water ought to visit the Fehr family’s organic Clear Creek ...