Bare-root trees need to be planted quickly to keep their exposed roots from drying out. Here's the best time to plant so ...

If you're working with a relatively small yard and want to be able to grow much of your own food, you may need to grow your plants relatively close together. This works fine for many plant ...

You can’t build a farm shop on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a high-yielding corn crop with weak roots. Healthy corn roots enable efficient resource ...

Modern agriculture highly depends on the achievements of crop domestication and improvement. While these activities increase yields, they also reduce the genetic diversity of crops. At the same time, ...

Before a single seed even hits the soil, a modern crop farmer is already deep into the planning. It’s all about laying the ...