Stronger crops mean better standability, plant health and the ability to withstand high winds. But those tough stalks present impediments in the spring when it’s time to put seed in the ground.

Reliable energy is the heart of our modern economy, and until recently, it has been something that many could take for granted. But as extreme weather events become more frequent, and increasing ...

Asphalt producers/paving contractors often agonize over the substantial investment required to add a new production facility or replace an existing one, and for good reason. A new asphalt plant, which ...

If your corn planter would do a better job in the field being hitched to a boat this week, it’s obviously too wet to plant. However, there are times when soil conditions are less than ideal and ...

Picture an all-electric home with smart appliances that talk to each other via WiFi to figure out when to pull power from the grid. That’s the idea behind something called ‘virtual power plant’ ...

BASEL, Switzerland -- Syngenta announced today that it is developing a new technology to dramatically improve the cost efficiency of sugar cane planting in Brazil. Syngenta's innova-tion would reduce ...

As the monitors stopped beeping, the seed ran out, and the planter was folded up to head home, I already had a list in mind of what needed to be done next: Clean up all field information and export ...

Left to right: Mike Mulvaney, MSU associate professor of plant and soil sciences and Hartwig chair; Dru Carey, agricultural and biological engineering graduate student from Olive Branch; Wes Lowe, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Brixx Technology is in the process of building a Toronto plant that takes industrial waste and turns it into sustainable building materials. "We're building a plant right now, ...