If a recent study is any indication, getting more crop production from every inch of water is going to become even more important in the near future.The Institution of Chemical Engineers recently released a report describing the amount of hidden water used in food and drink production, estimated at up to 1.8 million liters per person each year — equivalent an Olympic-size swimming pool.

Even as crops resistant to 2,4-D herbicide are being developed, populations of weeds are also developing a resistance, says the journal Weed Science.

Farm production expenditures reached a record-high $318.7 billion in 2011, a 10.2 percent increase over 2010, according to the Farm Production Expenditures 2011 summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

The has developed a national campaign to educate the public about the positive impact Soil Health Management Systems can have on both productivity and conservation.

No-Till Farmer has entered into the world of Facebook. Within essentially 1 week, we had nearly 900 friends. However, we quickly saw that sometimes your "friends" may not really understand you.