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.
- Karn Dhingra Texas A&M University
Texas sheep and goat producers are seeing strong prices this spring as seasonal supply patterns tighten markets while demand remains steady, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
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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.
- Staff at Dairy Innovation Hub
Jalyssa Beaudry grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota, beginning her journey in agriculture long before she ever considered graduate school -- and it’s a path she continues to follow today. In May 2025, she earned her master’s degree in agricultural and applied economics from the University o…
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- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia – For the past 48 years the Kelly family has proudly run a dairy farm near Melbourne, pursuing their dreams of milking cows. But the city creeped ever closer to their doorstep each day.
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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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Greece has become the latest country to confirm a case of Foot and Mouth Disease as the dreaded disease continues to spread across Europe. This time FMD has been found on a cattle farm on the island of Lesvos, which is the first case in Greece since 2000 and the first on the island since 1994.
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MINDORO, Wis. – An old saying is that if something looks like a turkey and gobbles like a turkey, it’s a turkey. But instead it could be Jeff Fredrick, Wisconsin’s 12-time turkey-calling champion. He’s won numerous awards including at the national level.
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- Lauren Quinn University of Illinois
Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode. Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it’s soybean’s single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean’s most effective tool, genetic resistance, is starting to fail.
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- Vicki Jedlicka University of Nebraska
This year marks 50 years of the University of Nebraska Extension’s embryology program in Lancaster County, providing two generations of students the experience of hatching baby chicks in their classrooms.
- Cindy Hicks Iowa State University
Pollinator declines are a global concern, and agriculture sits at the center of the challenge. As farms grow more efficient and landscapes become increasingly simplified, bees, butterflies and other pollinators are losing the varied habitats they depend on. One widely promoted solution is pl…
- Jerry Davis For Agri-View
An egg, a seedling, an eaglet, a fawn, a tadpole, a flower bud or a fungus mycelium are all the start of something great outdoors. Embryonic stages of plants, animals and fungi often have little resemblance to the adult species they grow to become. It’s exciting, helpful and great outdoors f…
- Joe Montgomery and Crystal Ly Kansas State University
New research at Kansas State University aims to tackle one of the most significant threats to global animal health and food security — highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI — by using mealworms, a supplement of poultry feed, as a vaccine-delivery method.
- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Antibiotic resistance in human and animal health is on the forefront of public debate, but it’s a less well-known issue in plant agriculture. However antibiotics are important tools in fruit production, and their efficacy hinges on avoiding resistance in disease-causing bacteria.
- Emily Haeg University of Minnesota
In 1971, Hank and Maren Mitchell purchased farmland perched along the Crow Wing River in Verndale, Minnesota. Like many aspiring farmers before them, they envisioned raising a family, becoming self-sufficient and joining the local community. But unlike most of their predecessors, the Mitchel…
- Crystal Reed
With an increase in severe storms and strong winds, row-crop farmers are looking for new ways to work with Mother Nature. Several seed companies have been experimenting with short-stature corn.
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