There are a lot of things I've accumulated in this life not worth the money I paid for them or the space they've taken up. Things I thought would make life more full, only to fill it with more clutter.

Patience. That's what springtime extreme soil conditions demanded of Wisconsin growers Rick and Carla Hargrave.

Simple Grilled Corn Serves: 4 to 8 Total Time: 10-15 minutes Cooking spray or oil4 ears of sweet corn, shucked and halved 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Salt and pepper Oil or spray grates to keep corn from sticking.

If you feel a breeze drift by you today, note that thousands of invisible "love letters" are streaming past. And, while tiny romance is in the air, it could spell heartache for your crops.

AGCO's new Fendt IDEAL combine, featuring 16-foot-long dual rotors, 485-bushel grain tank and automated systems monitoring capabilities, shows "we are serious, and we will be a player in the market worldwide," says Richard Kohnen, AGCO's director of tactical marketing for...

Lower commodity prices may make it difficult for some farmers to meet their loan obligations and pay for production expenses, a new report from USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) finds. The report examines the health of U.S. farms. Here are its major findings:

Move over. I'm pulling out my safety soapbox and stepping up.

Q: It's time around our place to repack the dreaded wheel bearings on all of our utility trailers. We put it off, and we put it off again, but now we must "bite the grease" and just take time to do it. The big question I can't get answered at the coffee shop is what...

Selecting a soybean herbicide trait system for 2019 will be complicated.

Courage is being scared to death … and saddling up anyway. John Wayne

The 2018 growing season opened with real potential for profits. The outlook was still lean, but years of belt-tightening looked like it would finally pay off. Corn production costs declined $25 an acre from 2017, while soybean costs dropped by $12, according to a study by...

Computers have been taking over more chores and decisions for farmers for decades, and one of their next assignments could be determining how much nitrogen to apply to corn, and when to apply it.