Turn off the grow lights, gather a few milk jugs and potting mix and start planting seeds. Winter sowing is a way to start ...

HIGGINSVILLE, Mo. — If you’re thinking about planting alfalfa, chopping corn silage or getting started with native warm-season grasses, the newly updated 2026 forage budgets from University of ...

You want maximum yields this year, so that means more plants in the ground, right? As with most questions related to crop production, that depends. Several factors can influence the yield response of ...

HAYWARDS HEATH, England (AP) — Deep underground beneath the Sussex countryside in southern England, millions of seeds are kept frozen in a vault built to withstand fire, flooding, and any other ...

Those who tried to patch dead spots in the lawn or seed a new lawn at the traditional prime time just after Labor Day had little success this year. Grass seed needs consistently damp soil to sprout, ...

Fall is a vital season for managing forage crops in Illinois. The choices producers make now can influence how well their fields endure the winter and how much feed will be available for livestock ...

The most action-packed month of the baseball season is here. October means it's playoff time -- with 12 teams battling to win the 2025 World Series. The final day of the regular season saw the final ...

Ok. Let’s get this out of the way. Every time I write about lawns, my inbox jams up with messages from the lawn haters. “Biological wasteland.” “Unconscionable assault on nature.” “Abomination upon ...

1 College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China 2 School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Introduction: ...

Hatfield, Minn. — My introduction to teff came in a bag of seeds given to me by friends. They weren’t for planting; they were for eating, cooked into a kind of porridge. Human food — both cooked and ...