Native grasslands were once plentiful across what is now the U.S., including tens of millions of acres across eastern U.S. landscapes. The plow, exclusion of fire leading to forest succession and year-round, unmanaged grazing led to their gradual disappearance over the past two centuries.

Starting next week, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the first-ever national agroforestry survey. Data collection begins Feb. 1 and concludes April 5, 2022.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing several new and expanded opportunities for climate-smart agriculture in 2022.

Nufarm range and pasture solutions announced the 2022 Grassmanship Scholarship Program, again awarding one $5,000 and four $1,000 scholarships to current and incoming college agriculture students.

The Utah State University (USU) crops team has partnered with fertilizer researchers from around the West to host a virtual crop school on the evening (6:30-8:30 p.m.) of Jan. 11, 2022, to teach growers and crop advisers about strategies to deal with the doubling of fertilizer prices.

Growth in both ag tractors and combine harvesters continues in the U.S., while a slowdown in harvesters in Canada brings overall unit sales slightly below 2020 north of the border, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

Case IH has announced a partnership with MacDon Industries Ltd. to manufacture co-branded draper headers designed for Case IH axial-flow combines.