He notes that fertilizer and seed prices have been extremely high for the past few years, directly affecting the farming industry. Transportation costs have also increased and lending criteria ...

In an effort to forecast how climate change may affect agriculture ... a UC study published in the peer-reviewed journal California Agriculture. “Growers change crops depending on many factors, ...

$1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to explore the ecology of organic cropping systems in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Purdue, ...

In the last World Agricultural and Supply Demand Estimates (WASDE), the Department of Agriculture (USDA) reduced the estimated corn yield to 177.5 bushels/acre, down from 181 bushels/acre.