Explore modern farmhouse trends transforming Iowa exteriors, from barn-inspired garage doors to cozy wraparound porches with ...

The change requires residents to submit a permit application in order to “switch” to a native landscape that includes grasses that exceed or are expected to exceed 8 inches in height.

A 7,000-acre Utah ranch only about an hour outside of Salt Lake City has hit the market for $72.5 million. The vast spread ...

Press release People are invited to come to a tour of an organic farm and ranch operation. “Join us for Organic in Action: Regenerative Agriculture Field Day — a half-day immersion in the evolving ...

New research says long-billed curlews listen to alarm barks from prairie dog colonies to protect themselves from predators.

There’s a place in southwestern Minnesota where the landscape suddenly shifts from familiar Midwestern farmland to something that looks like it was teleported from another region entirely. Blue Mounds ...

Blue-Eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium spp. While I have been swapping out non-natives for natives in my garden for years, blue-eyed ...

Prairie grass benefits aviation fuel. Lauren Quinn University of Illinois Jun 9, 2025 Jun 9, 2025; DoKyoung Lee is the senior author of both studies, and a professor in the department of crop sciences ...

The long-billed curlew nests in short-grass prairie and incubates eggs on a ground nest. When one hears the prairie dog alarm, she responds by pressing her head, beak and belly close to the ground. In ...

Switchgrass has gripped Midwestern soils for millions of years, but soon the earthbound prairie grass could fly. New studies from the University of Illinois identify economic and environmental ...

Tony Kaster’s prairie stretches across 80 acres in Marysville Township, an hour west of downtown Minneapolis. On a recent afternoon, a goldfinch flits past a field of golden alexanders. A great blue ...