A few years ago my wife Marilyn suggested to me that I should write down personal observations that might be useful to others. Her suggestion was important to me, because passing “the Marilyn test” is ...

1.9 million farms dot America’s rural landscape, and 95% are operated by families – individuals, family partnerships or family corporations (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022). Family farms and ranches ...

Note: The following transcript was created by a computer and edited by a volunteer. Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. For 39 years now, Oregon ...

For all the growing, tending, labor, sweat and tears that go into food production in the United States, agriculture and its related industries are business—big business—amounting to about 5.5 percent ...

Farmers remain cautiously optimistic about the agricultural economy (Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer/James Mintert). Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and CHICAGO — Agricultural producer ...

Credit...Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times; source photographs by wwing, Fotoforce, Clara Bastian, DaydreamsGirl and Mercedes Rancaño Otero, via Getty ...

This article was written by Stacey Stearns, educational program administrator for UConn Extension, based in Storrs, Conn. Organic versus conventional agriculture. Industrial versus sustainable. GMO ...

Agriculture has changed dramatically since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity has soared due to new technologies, mechanization, increased chemical use, specialization, and ...

REPUBLICAN U-S SENATOR OF MISSISSIPPI...CINDY HYDE- SMITH, IS DISPELLING ANY RUMORS THAT SHE IS GIVING UP HER SEAT IN THE SENATE TO SERVE AS THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD ...

I was honored a couple of weeks ago to be invited by Charlie Du, president of Columbia University Global Dialogue and founder of the World Salon series and website, to participate as a panelist on a ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “Betting the farm” isn’t just a saying. It’s something farmers do every year. When a farmer invests in new technology — be it a new ...

Stephanie Anderson has received funding from the MFA program at Florida Atlantic University and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. For years, “sustainable” has been the buzzword in conversations ...