The Tribune is launching a series of special reports to examine how corn and soybeans made Illinois an agricultural giant and ...

Rather than spraying your entire field with insecticides or covering your plants for protection, you can implement trap crops ...

The Philipps are part of a resurgence of interest in growing saffron among American small farmers in search of a cash crop, and among ... s all about spreading the word,” he said.

The thing to remember is cover crops are an investment in the health of the soil. No investment brings instant results or ...

When you had a family and they raised that crop, they got to actually make ends meet with the few outside jobs that they would have. Whereas today, the profit in the back is not real great.

California's commercial orchards are home to nearly 2.5 million acres of almonds, walnuts, stone fruit and similar crops. Growers focus their most intense weed management efforts on establishing a ...

A research team is utilizing native plants that can survive in extremely salty conditions to create crop alternatives. According to Phys.org, salt affects 30% of the land farmers can plow for ...

Jessica Beshir's debut feature eschews anthropological detail for enveloping clouds of atmosphere in this study of Ethopia's top cash crop. Khat is Ethiopia’s biggest cash crop, making serious ...

These staple crops contribute significantly to nutritional needs and have extensive economic implications. For instance, the major cash crops, i.e., wheat, rice, and maize, are the pillars of ...

But this summer Majors and his brothers came up with a novel way of turning some of their farm’s corn crop into a bridge of generosity, closing that gap and helping the football program he once ...

The candidates turn crops to cash. It's team tomatoes versus team potatoes. But over-promising and dicey decisions mean that when they return to the boardroom, another candidate is given the chop.