Tomatoes are one of the most popular home garden vegetables, and gardeners across the U.S. are always looking to yield a healthier crop with less effort. Enter ring culture, which places tomato plants ...

In this video, I explain what happens and why growing tomatoes from whole tomatoes works and how this can help you have better success in the home garden. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small ...

For farmers trying to Flip their Soil and improve soil health one simple thing they can do this fall is plant cereal rye as a cover crop and plant soybeans into that stand. Soil health experts say ...

Seen through a microscope, a cornucopia of common crops offer lessons on new techniques for making agriculture more ...

Fungal networks may be a promising alternative to tiny metal devices used in processing and storing digital memories and other computer data, according to a new study. Mushrooms have long been ...

DES MOINES — Timely rains, while needed, limited Iowa farmers to 3.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sunday, according to the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report.

To help consumers identify the fruits and vegetables that posed the greatest risk from pesticides, Consumer Reports recently analyzed eight years of data from the Department of Agriculture’s pesticide ...