Articles by Bruce Knight

Planting a cover crop, whether it blankets all the crop acreage or strategic sections of the operation, can provide multiple benefits.

We need to be sure we’ve done our best to balance competing priorities and help farmers and ranchers be the best possible stewards of their land.

With the 2012 Farm Bill, farm programs will be changing

Last week I said good bye to a friend, a mentor and the man who taught me that politics can be an honorable profession, Jim Abdnor

More people should be more interested in making more energy from manure.

farm and commodity organizations have proposed several significantly different approaches for managing risk for program crops and will highlight their approaches during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing this week.

More than 70 percent of USDA’s budget is devoted to programs to increase food security and reduce hunger, such as SNAP

Senate Committee on Agriculture farm bill hearing will focus on conservation and the environment

Senate Ag Committee will be holding hearings on various aspects of the farm bill.

Crop mix, rotations, grazing plans—all important to include. But as you’re planning for spring planting and fall harvest, don’t forget to include conservation on your planning list.