High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...

Approaches to crop production that successfully reduce weed seed production can benefit farming systems by reducing management inputs and costs. A 5-yr rotation study was conducted in order to ...

Whether you're putting away the combine until next fall or getting the tractor ready to plow snow, there are several ...

Ten years ago, north-central Iowa farmer Dave Gerber did what few dare—he switched all of his 1,100 acres from conventional tillage to strip-till in just one season. He now spends 60% less on diesel ...

Some larger farms in the south and south-east have been making strong prices at recent auctions. Rockspring House, a 5,100 sq ft, six-bedroom period farmhouse on 154ac of arable land with extensive ...

Farmers and ranchers protect water quality through conservation tillage, cover crops, nutrient management, and livestock ...

Rockwell Farm is to go on the market with a price tag of €21m or over €26,000/ac, the Irish Farmers Journal understands. The 805ac farm is one of the biggest in Co Tipperary and is being sold by the ...

Thankfully Storm Éowyn passed without much damage to my farm, but it did focus my mind on climate change. It was the biggest storm in my lifetime, and these weather events seem to be getting bigger ...

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Minister of Agriculture, Martin Heydon, said Budget 2026 provides for a 9% increase in funding when compared to 2025. The newly announced TB Action Plan will receive €85m in additional funding more ...