Intercropping, the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crops, is beneficial for maximizing resource use but poses challenges due to the shading of lower crops by higher ones. This shading, quantified ...

Ross Evelsizer (left), natural resource projects director with Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, and Mike Bretz (right), a regenerative farmer in Buchanan County, Iowa, stand in a ...

Possible module for genes in response to shade stress in the GZ-RIL population of soybean. Some organelles are not specified in this figure. The modules were described mainly with respect to ...

Blueprint outlines annual policies for agriculture Reiterates goals to increase soy acreage, intercrop with corn Calls for lower use of soymeal in feed Will "accelerate" GMO corn, soybeans Aims to ...

Here's a bit of science - flooding comes about when the soil, the ground can't absorb all the rain, and this happens more often because of climate change. In Iowa, some farmers are experimenting with ...