Successful Farming
Ready, Set, Plant!
New research from universities, on-farm trials, and seed companies is reshaping how growers decide which crop to plant first.
8 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Paradigm Shift
Milk components are driving dairy demand.
3 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
John Deere's New V452M Round Baler
Deere also announced a refresh for the VM, VR, and CR baler lineups.
1 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Diagnosing Equipment Repairs
Off-the-shelf and manufacturer AI tools can help farmers repair machinery faster.
3 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Optimize Estate Strategies as the Farm Evolves
Problem: How can families keep farm estate goals on track as the business changes over time?
2 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
New Fendt Optimum With Precision Planting Tech
The Optimum is available in five configurations, with a variety of options.
1 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
The Blessing and Curse of Legacy
Are generational labels a built-in backstory or a needless stressor?
1 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
SUPERCYCLE SLUMP
What will it take for corn and soybean prices to climb again?
5 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Get Planting Prep Right
Spending time servicing your planter during the winter pays off when conditions are right to head to the field.
2 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
The Widening Net
Experts discuss how government aid can inflate input costs.
4 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Sustaining the Ogallala
Farmers are voluntarily reducing pumping to sustain groundwater levels.
2 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Is Your Water Ruining Your Weed Control?
Small factors can quietly reduce herbicide effectiveness.
3 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Make Forested Land Pay Without Cutting a Tree
Landowners can grow high-value, nontimber crops, like ginseng, under existing trees.
4 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
How Many Seeds Do You Really Need?
Gain more by matching stands to field conditions than by pushing populations.
2 min |
February 2026
Successful Farming
Leaving Lasting Impact
A central Iowa community came together to support FFA, agricultural education, and the next generation of leaders in agriculture.
2 min |
February 2026
Writer’s Digest
Short-Story Dispensers Bring Literature to the Masses
Life is often a wait, whether it's for a commuter train, an appointment with a doctor, or the start of a class.
5 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Pacing Your Writing Process
Keep creative momentum when you have little time to write.
10 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
The Pause Is the Point
How to use stillness to create momentum in your fiction.
10 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
On Famous Walkers, or Why You Should Pace Around While Writing
I couldn't mentally settle down to write this article, so I stepped outside for a 20-minute walk. During that walk, I managed to craft my opening sentence (yes, the one you just read). What is it about walking that unclogs my mental pathways?
6 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Lauren Groff
The three-time National Book Award finalist discusses her new short story collection, Brawler, and the necessity of failure in writing.
10+ min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Seven
THE CHALLENGE: Write a short story of 650 words or fewer based on the photo below.
2 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Keeping Media Momentum Beyond the Book Launch
There is so much pressure and excitement built up around the launch of a book.
4 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Once and Future Princesses
Learn to read like a writer from books both new and older.
3 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
3 Project Management Principles to Pace Yourself Through Your Next Writing Conference
Attending a writing conference can feel like controlled chaos with a million decisions to make, and you haven't even left the house yet! Then you walk into the actual event and discover that the best-laid plans will unravel. Anything can, and will, happen.
7 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
BREAKING IN
Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.
5 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Pacing in Nonfiction
It's all about story.
5 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Write It Out
Writing prompts to boost your creativity.
1 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Ericka Tiffany Phillips
Ericka Tiffany Phillips is a literary agent at the Stephanie Tade Agency, representing nonfiction authors whose “work have the power to shape culture and catalyze collective transformation,” she says.
2 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Achieve Perfect Pacing
There's a fluttering sensation I get in my solar plexus when I stumble upon a trailblazing woman—someone whose role in our historical narrative has been marginalized, forgotten, or untold.
2 min |
March / April 2026
Writer’s Digest
Put Yourself in Charge of Your Own Story
Julie Ann Sipos, grand-prize winner of the 33rd annual WD Self-Published Book Awards, on how her career in Hollywood influences her writing style and her business strategy as an indie author.
4 min |