Thursday, September 18, 2025 6:39AM CDT
Since 1997, Farmers' Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) has provided timely, unbiased data farmers can use to influence their seed-buying decisions and ultimately improve their profitability.
Monday, September 15, 2025 8:46AM CDT
Farmers are blending tradition with innovation, using cover crops, no-till, and diversified practices to cut input costs, fight weeds, and protect soil while there is a growing push for regenerative agricultural practices. But these practices also offer farmers another way to reshape profitability while increasing conservation.
Monday, September 15, 2025 6:55AM CDT
Prices for popular cover crops such as cereal rye and nitrogen-fixing brassicas are a little cheaper for producers this fall. A range of programs offers farmers incentives to try the practice and rewards farmers who have already been planting cover crops.