NOVELTY, Mo. — Heavy rainfall is becoming more frequent across Missouri, leaving producers dealing with saturated soils, ponded fields and flooding even before the 2026 growing season began.

Learn about how crop yield is defined and measured, its significance, how technology enhances yield efficiency, and get ...

Coastal cropland across Delmarva is facing a growing challenge — saltwater intrusion and inundation (SWI). Tidal flooding and storm surges are pushing salty water onto field edges (inundation), while ...

A salt is a compound composed of positively and negatively charged ions (e.g., sodium (Na⁺) and chloride (Cl⁻)). While plants require soluble salts as nutrients, excessive amounts—referred to as soil ...

A wall of heavy dust swept across miles of central Illinois corn and soybean fields last Friday before blowing into parts of Chicago early that evening and finally settling on Lake Michigan. The event ...

The old saying “rain makes grain” may hold true in many instances; however, excessive precipitation amounts again this year, early in the growing season, has caused extensive crop loss in some areas ...

Highlighting the increasing vulnerability of the agriculture sector to extreme weather events, Javid Ahmad Dar emphasized the importance of strengthening the crop protection infrastructure and ...