With the warm, dry conditions, harvest is almost complete at Riskedal Farms, where some corn and sunflowers remain to be ...

TAHOKA, TX – South Plains farmers hope to alleviate low cotton prices by growing sunflowers. Since April, Jason Bass has planted and grown sunflowers in his cotton fields. This gave his fields a bit ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — Soil health and land stewardship have been motivations for Austin farmer Tom Finnegan for decades. Finnegan and his family farm corn, soybeans, small grains, cover crops and sunflowers ...

The discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization reveals a pathway to accelerate improvement of this crop — and potentially others. When genetically different varieties of plants ...