Gary Abbott and Peter Thomas Keaveney look at some of the machines and technologies that debuted at last week's Crops and ...

Potato acreage is down by about 9% in Washington and unchanged from year-earlier totals in Idaho, Oregon and California, ...

Along with tradtional farming, I started dairy farming in 2011. At one point, we had 35 to 40 cattle head, including ...

It's Comber earlies season - they are the first harvested new season potatoes in Northern Ireland and have protected ...

Potato farming robots are typically categorized according to their primary role in the production cycle. Each type targets a specific stage. Thus, growers can deploy task-specific technologies that ...

Farmers like Willard Brown find the current heat wave helpful as it dries soil and aids catch-up in delayed planting.

Aerial shot of a tractor plowing a field in rural Michigan. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis ...

Now is the time to consider a crop insurance claim for prevented planting. As our rainy weather pattern drags on with no change in sight, farmers have a tough decision to make. Should we plant in the ...

Irish potato growers continue to face challenges following the loss of diquat, a key chemical once used for haulm desiccation. Farmers have since turned to a mix of mechanical, chemical and emerging ...

As planting nears completion across the northern Plains and upper Midwest, crop experts say conditions so far are shaping up for a good year. “Temperatures, I don’t think, are going to be that ...