Strategically use certain vegetables in your garden to naturally deter pests and enhance your harvest without pesticides.

Cool season vegetables, such as spinach and radishes, are ideal for direct seeding in March. Gardeners should ensure their garden beds are prepped in late fall or during warmer winter days. Container ...

As a row crop farmer in St. Joseph, Missouri, Joe Lau said he’s noticing more extreme weather these days. Warmer seasons throughout the year. Quarter-inch predictions of rain stamped out by storms ...

Across the state, corn and sorghum crops are thriving where moisture is available, but suffering in areas with drought ...

Timely rains pushed the spring wheat crop in Morton County to likely above-average yields, with few disease or pest problems. Protein levels have been lower than normal in some early harvested fields.

A rare late-April freeze has caused widespread damage to fruit crops across the mid-Atlantic, with farms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia reporting massive losses. Unseasonably warm ...