Squeaky wheels need grease. Oil keeps chains, engines and hydraulics running efficiently. Most lubricants start with a petroleum base. Scott Porter, chief executive officer and founder of Dynamic Green Products Inc., has a different vision.
- Staff at Airbnb
From pig cuddling in rural Texas, to a vegetable farm stay in Missouri, and an Alpine goat hike in Maine, the demand for agricultural travel is rapidly growing, and so is the need. Agritourism turns working farms and ranches into places people can visit, learn from and stay, strengthening fa…
- Diana Yates University of Illinois
Scientists used machine-learning and super-resolution microscopy to overcome a challenge that has stymied research into the natural history of grasses for decades. Their method allowed them to detect subtle differences among grass pollen grains and trace changes in grass diversity at one sit…
- Staff at University of Wisconsin
John Shutske, professor and Extension agricultural safety and health specialist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s department of biological systems engineering, retired in early October 2026 after more than 41 years of teaching, research, Extension education and leadership.
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- Staff at UW-River Falls
Karly Anderson, a scientist and trainer with the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Humane Handling Institute, is leading a new $300,000 research project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through its National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The project is also supported by a f…
- Macy Medendorp University of Illinois
Peyton Sorensen, a third-year doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, recently earned a predoctoral fellowship from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to fund her research.
- Caitlin Hayes Cornell Chronicle
For Andrea Parent-Tibbetts, owner of Clover Brooke Farm near Hyde Park, New York, the llamas and alpacas are the lure -- the doe-eyes and fluff and the fact that they approach people face to face.
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- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
Farmers in the United Kingdom who are having trouble finding enough seasonal workers as labor on their farms will be able to tap into new technology to assist them in the future. The UK government has launched a £20 million “robot revolution” for the technology advancement – about US$27 million.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
MARENGO, Wis. – Some treat the land as a commodity. They take every bit of value that can be squeezed out, looking for only short-term profit and worldly wealth. But others feel they’re a part of the land that they have been entrusted with during their time on earth. For them, part of their …
- Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Farmer sentiment has worsened. The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index decreased from 135 points in August to 123 points in September. Both subindices also declined, with the Index of Current Conditions decreasing by 18 points and the Index of Future Expectations decreasin…
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- Xiaocui Wu, Kaiyu Guan and Jonathan Coppess University of Illinois
From 2014 to 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program invested a total of $133.7 million in no-till and reduce-till practices, out of a total of $10 billion in conservation financial assistance. Tillage practices are a critical component of natural-…
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It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
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- Amy Sullivan GROW
Every sports star needs an assist sometimes, and The Ohio State University researchers are hoping chaff lining might play that role for herbicide applications – by lining up weeds in tidy rows ahead of the sprayer.
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- Héctor Alejandro Arzate Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Editor’s note: Data centers are increasingly becoming an agricultural issue. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, “Demand for data centers – large, secure facilities that house computers and servers used to store, process and manage vast amounts of digital data – is accelerating…
