Adam Kronback has been looking for ways to innovate since coming back to his fourth-generation family farm in Lamberton after eight years working as a food scientist. He likes the idea of putting solar panels on a piece of his land.
- Kathryn Markham USDA ARS
When it comes to irrigation, one of the greatest dangers is salt – the tiny molecule that can wreak havoc on the plants’ ability to function. Yet some plants, in all their complexity, have developed tools that can help them resist even that challenge. Now, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agri…
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
My dad, Tom Pfaff, wrote more than 100 love letters to my mother, Ann VanDunk, from 1960 to 1962. Dad, who grew up in Mindoro in western Wisconsin, was living in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He was working at the Wilson Meat Packing Plant as a hog buyer, saving money to buy a farm. Mom, who was ei…
- Ken Foster and Bernhard Dalheimer Purdue University
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Wayne Greier hoped to sign a deal with a utility to host solar on his acreage for some $540,000 in annual lease payments. But his community blocked the plan. A recent study found that there has been a 16% increase in local laws restricting renewable energy projects. (AP Video: Joshua A. Bickel)
- JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press
Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
Almost everyone realizes that farmers have a keen interest in weather. So do most other folks who engage in outdoor endeavors. But not many decades ago the best a person could do to predict weather was to go outside and look up and around. And then Increase Lapham, a noted Wisconsin scientis…
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- Ann Robinson Iowa State University
Baby corn, essentially unfertilized young ears of corn, is a specialty food gaining interest for its high nutrition and low-calorie count. It also has significant economic value as a quick-turnaround cash crop with a global market. Currently Thailand is the largest producer of baby corn, wit…
- Amanda Latham Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Though spring technically begins in March, April is often when it begins to look and feel like spring in Wisconsin. As daffodils bloom and trees leaf out, the state is filled with the sounds of the season as migrating birds and pollinators return. But our April weather can still sprinkle in …
- Héctor Alejandro Arzate Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a row-crop farmer near St. Joseph, Missouri, Joe Lau said he’s noticing more extreme weather these days. There are warmer seasons throughout the year. Quarter-inch predictions of rain are stamped out by storms that bring 3 inches. There’s increased pressure from pests on h…
- Kacey Watson Auburn University
Bees appear to be social creatures, as they frequently congregate on flowers or nest in plain sight. At the Auburn University Bee Center, researchers and students are digging deeper into the complexities of the sociality of bees.
- Emily Unglesbee GROW
For three days, a trio of weeds fought fiercely for the title of "Worst Weed" at the 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas, but only one took home the title – waterhemp.
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SAN ANTONIO – Fred Below has been digging into dirt research for more than 41 years – growing knowledge through huge changes in agriculture. He’s a professor of crop physiology in the University of Illinois-Department of Crop Sciences.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. – Mark Twain would say all his best ideas had been stolen by the ancients. He may have had the right idea. Studying and learning information from successful people in our field of endeavor can save much time and some heartache. For organic farmers and for farmers who would li…
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