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American farmers are rapidly ploughing ahead with adopting artificial intelligence. The technology is as sophisticated as it is...

The new Nebraska Corn Checkoff presidential chairman has the propensity for researching corn in his DNA.

Researchers to examine data on 4,500 feeder pigs who went through a disease challenge including growth rates and daily feed and water intake.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets, but these crops are unfamiliar to many Iowa farmers.Expect that to change soon say plant-breeding father and son team Patrick and James Schnable, co-founders of the Ames-based company Dryland Genetics.

The Midwest is known for its rows and rows of corn and soybeans that uniformly cover the landscape.But in central Missouri, farmer Linus Rothermich disrupts the usual corn and soybean rotation with Japanese millet. He has been growing it since 1993.“Golly, I have to think how far back that is,” he said. “I was a young man and I was looking for alternative crops to grow to make more money. We just weren’t making a lot of money in agriculture then. Compared to his corn and soybean crops, ...

As temperatures rise due to climate change, the huge amounts of corn grown in the US Midwest could be under threat, and it seems breeding for high-yielding varieties has made the crop genetically more vulnerable

The United Nations has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets — a type of small grain mostly grown in parts of Asia and Africa. The highly resilient and cost-friendly grains could make them the next crop for U.S. farmers in the midst of climate change.

The United Nations has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets — a type of small grain mostly grown in parts of Asia and Africa. The highly resilient and cost-friendly grains could make them the next crop for U.S. farmers in the midst of climate change.

For more than 150 years, Iowa State University scientists have helped support agricultural production. It’s a foundational mission, present...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A transdisciplinary collaboration connecting genetic science to the study of crop and animal traits, or phenotypes, has received a new $1.9 million funding installment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute...