At 77, Jackson is a big man with big ideas. A few weeks ago at the annual Prairie Festival in Salina, Kan. — a celebration, essentially, of true sustainability — I sat down with Wes Jackson... Read more
It has come on like a tidal wave, washing across the Corn Belt from Minnesota to the Texas panhandle, a disease that few farmers had seen until five years ago. Known as Goss’s wilt, it has c... Read more
The move north of the American breadbasket will likely continue and even accelerate in coming years, according to a new study America’s breadbasket isn’t where it used to be. The... Read more
Smith said that this ability to reduce the loss of nitrogen into the environment will prove to be greatly beneficial. Perennial biofuel crops such as miscanthus, whose high yields have led t... Read more
A more diverse cropping landscape would mean viable farms, healthier diets and a steadier food system. FROM where I sit on the north end of America’s grain belt, I can almost hear the corn p... Read more