The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets, but these crops are unfamiliar to many Iowa farmers. Expect that to change soon say ...

A grain that millions of people in Asia and India eat every day is almost unheard-of in Iowa, but a researcher at Iowa State University says it has the potential to make Midwestern agriculture more ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — With the continuing drought in the state, Iowa State University is looking at the prospects for a new crop to grow. According to an ISU news release, the Food and Agriculture ...

Out here on the wide-open prairie at Towner, Colorado, drought-suffering farmer Chris Stum has carved out a unique market. Stum and his family were tired of fighting the lack of rainfall and the dried ...

Linus Rothermich plays with his dog on the field where he plans on planting this year’s crop of Japanese millet. He grows the crop for seeds that are sold and planted elsewhere to support waterfowl ...

Millets, an alternative crop to corn and soybeans, is getting new attention in the U.S. The resilient grain could help U.S. farmers survive climate change. 2023 is the international year of millets - ...

Imagine a Colorado farm in which the farmer only occasionally ventures into the field, relying on electronic eyes and mechanical muscle to perform the routine tasks of growing crops, while he spends ...

The Midwest is known for its rows and rows of corn and soybeans that uniformly cover the landscape. But in central Missouri, farmer Linus Rothermich disrupts the usual corn and soybean rotation with ...