Technology

Do Farmers Dream of Electric Tractors?

By Miles MacClure

Crops

Gleaners Are Measuring America’s On-Farm Food Loss

By Maggie Gigandet

Podcast

The Land Is Dead, Long Live the Land

By Sarah Mock

Perspective

The Secret Life of Government Cheese

By Colleen Hamilton

Land

Invasive Grasses: Wildfires, Wheat, and the West

By Charlie Jaay

Perspective

Mother Shepherd

By Leah Mack

Culture

Farming Through Louise Erdrich’s Eyes

By Sana Khan

Crops

Beyond Human Health: Microplastics Could Be a Big Problem for Crop Farmers

By David Silverberg

Legislation

Pasteurized Milk Is Safe — For Now

By Lela Nargi

Culture

Puerto Rico Farms for Itself

By Flora Tsapovsky

Perspective

“If I Had 30 Minutes With Trump”

By Luke Carneal

Crops

Are You Ready for the Locusts?

By Lela Nargi

Livestock

Pigeon on the Plate

By Lena Beck

Sustainability

Can Rocks Fix Our Carbon Problem?

By Jack McGovan

Sustainability

The Whole Fish Is Sacred

By Moira Donovan

Livestock

How Will Tech Help Identify Cattle Disease Earlier?

By Bruce Derksen

Culture

Praise the Lard?

By Daniel Walton

Supply Chain

American Tinned Fish? Yes, We Can.

By Hannah Walhout

Farm Finance

An Elusive, Farmers-Only Tax Break

By Donavyn Coffey

Environment

We Need More Oyster Shells

By Karen Fischer

Livestock

Attacking Bird Flu With Lasers

By Daniel Walton

Land

What if the Forests Could Move?

By Elissa Welle

Labor

The Crops No One Will Ever Buy

By Stephan Sveshnikov

Supply Chain

How to Sell a Sea Vegetable

By Marianne Dhenin

Culture

Why Hoof Surgery Went Viral

By Sara Murphy

Crops

A Taste of the Forbidden Fruit

By Ben Seal

Legislation

Everything I Never Learned About USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Program

By Lela Nargi

Culture

Changing the Weather Is for Farms, Not Evil

By Diana Kruzman

Crops

Naming Crop Varieties Is a Little Treat

By John Loeppky

Sustainability

What’s a Sustainable Fishery? It Depends Who You Ask.

By Katarina Zimmer

Studies

The Growing Allure of Insect Poop

By Elissa Welle

Sustainability

Do Sheep Under Solar Panels Count as Clean Energy?

By Lela Nargi

Legislation

Trump’s Tariffs: Are the Trade Groups Happy?

By Elissa Welle

Sustainability

Caviar’s Shifting Tides

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Crops

Hot Potatoes

By Daniel Walton

Culture

Are You Farmcore?

By Charles McFarlane

Sustainability

I Like the Whey You Move

By Daniel Walton

Supply Chain

The Shrimp Detectives

By Rebecca McCray

Culture

The Rise of Asian Farmers in America

By Kaila Yu

Crops

What Does It Take to Save American Heritage Wine?

By Kristel Tjandra

Supply Chain

Vegetable Farmers Make Do

By Miles MacClure

Perspective

Everyone Loves Regenerative Agriculture — But No One Agrees on What It Is

By Michelle Stearn

Technology

Let the Robots Herd Cows

By Stephan Sveshnikov

Crops

Can America Make Produce Safe Again?

By Diana Kruzman

Sustainability

Can Fish Farms Sequester Carbon Permanently?

By Pragathi Ravi

Studies

The Funny Little Plant That Could Upend Agriculture

By Kristen Schmitt

Technology

Pork-Infused Soybeans and Beef-Infused Peas

By Katie Watkins

Technology

Why Farmers Don’t Use Exoskeletons

By Alfred Poor

Sustainability

Crabs in the Compost

By Claire Carlson

Livestock

Sick Sheep? Let Us Inspect Their Earwax.

By Lela Nargi

Legislation

Making Labels Healthy Again

By Elissa Welle

Environment

Commercial Growers Are Crucial to the Native Seed Supply — But How Do They Turn a Profit?

By Maggie Gigandet

Technology

Farming in the Dark

By Diana Kruzman

Environment

Virtual Fencing Is Great At Protecting Livestock. How About Natural Ecosystems?

By Bruce Derksen

Studies

In Praise of “Plant Vaccines”

By Moira Donovan

Culture

The Town That Grows Farmers

By Vanessa Chiasson

Crops

Is It Time for a Sod Checkoff?

By Lela Nargi

Livestock

A Home for Wild Horses

By Lena Beck

Farm Finance

Would You Put a Wind Turbine on Your Farm?

By Elissa Welle

Perspective

Beyond the Shadow of Roundup Ready

By Sarah Garland

Land

Farmland as Reparations

By David Silverberg

Culture

Why “Yellowstone” Became a Dirty Word to so Many Montanans

By Darby Minow Smith

Sustainability

The High Ground

By Daniel Walton

Technology

Could Synthetic Cow Embryos Spark a Reproductive Revolution?

By James Reddick

Perspective

Channeling Demeter

By Leah Mack & Davin Faris

Perspective

Your Favorite Stories from 2024, and Ours

By Jesse Hirsch

Environment

Thirsty Skies, Arid Lands

By Elissa Welle

Crops

Growing Grapes in the High Desert

By Taylor Hartman

Sustainability

Can Gene Editing Save Christmas Trees From Climate Change?

By Anna Laird Barto

Technology

Bringing Oyster Farming Into the 21st Century

By Amanda Loudin

Labor

States Resist Agricultural Labor Protections While Relying on Temporary Workers

By Rebecca McCray

Perspective

Paying Pennies to Disabled Farmworkers May Be on Its Way Out

By John Loeppky

Technology

Playing Farmer

By Helen Hollyman

Technology

The Twin of Your Farm

By Natasha Khullar Relph

Environment

Spreading Rock Dust on Your Crops — for the Planet

By Diana Kruzman

Technology

Meet Superblack Wood

By Elissa Welle

Sustainability

Powering Produce From Deep Underground

By Moira Donovan

Labor

Can a Wearable Sensor Save Farmworkers From Heat Injuries?

By Ula Chrobak

Perspective

Montana Rancher, Divided Country

By Sana Khan

Sustainability

The Antlers Tell the Story

By Katie Ellig

Land

Farming Small in Big Farm Country

By Lela Nargi

Perspective

What’s the Beef?

By Lela Nargi

Sustainability

Losing Our Syrup

By Janelle Carson

Crops

We Can Grow Our Own Hazelnuts, Finally

By Ben Seal

Culture

Tuning in From the Tractor

By Sara Murphy

Crops

For Citrus Growers, The Way Forward May Not Be Citrus At All

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Supply Chain

This Cheese Is Your Cheese

By Hannah Walhout

Supply Chain

The Long Haul of Marketing Bison

By Karen Fischer

Crops

Mining Bitcoin, Growing Tomatoes

By Luke Carneal

Farm Finance

Row Crop Farmers — and Their Lenders — Prepare for Deepening Downturn

By Donavyn Coffey

Perspective

What, Exactly, Counts as a Factory Farm?

By Ethan Freedman

Labor

Tough Times for Mushroom Workers

By Leah Borts-Kuperman

Studies

Can Human Urine Fertilize our Crops?

By Anna Laird Barto

Perspective

“No Person Shall Keep Roosters”

By Melissa Hart

Livestock

Is It Time to Care About Insect Welfare?

By Moira Donovan

Culture

A Different Kind of Farm

By David Silverberg

Sustainability

The Lobster Industry’s Demise May Be Overstated

By Marianne Messina

Supply Chain

Honey “Fingerprinting” Could Fight Sweet Deception

By Sarah Derouin

Environment

When the Fish Won’t Breed

By Ashley Stimpson

Sustainability

Distracted by Methane

By Elissa Welle

Supply Chain

Sharks vs Fishermen

By Katarina Zimmer

Land

Women Are Managing More Forestland. Will the Land Change?

By Irina Zhorov

Supply Chain

Domestic Flower Farmers Strive to Bloom

By Rosamund Lannin

Technology

AI Could Help Small Organic Farmers, Someday

By Diana Kruzman

Perspective

My Groundhog, Myself

By Eve Andrews

Perspective

Cultivating More Than Crops

By Heidi Roth

Environment

The Tiniest GMOs

By Charlie Jaay

Culture

Farm Influencers in China

By Kaila Yu

Land

Maybe It’s Fine to Abandon Cropland

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Supply Chain

Rye Not Here?

By Daniel Walton

Perspective

Are Cover Crops Overhyped?

By Elise Koning

Environment

Retro Pest Control: Inviting Birds Back to the Farm

By Emma Castleberry

Labor

Cannabis Workers Speak Out

By Marianne Dhenin

Perspective

The Slow Death of the American Barn Cat

By Patrick Kuklinski

Technology

Horsemen of the Future

By Clement Gelly

Environment

Invasive Oyster Mushrooms Are Thriving

By Laura Reiley

Legislation

Who Are Farmers Voting For?

By Jesse Hirsch

Sustainability

Crawfish in Crisis

By Karen Fischer

Legislation

California’s Most Urban County Lands a Farm Bureau

By Olivia Peluso

Environment

Can a Farm Survive on an Old Coal Mine?

By Eve Andrews & Kristian Thacker

Environment

Can Hemp Fix Agriculture’s PFAS Problem?

By Libby Leonard

Perspective

Succession Planning Doesn’t Have to Be Scary

By Adam Howell

Culture

Running for the Ribeye

By Abby Carney

Perspective

USDA Misses Another Chance to Help Farmers of Color

By Tom Driscoll

Technology

For Farmers, Are AI Chatbots Worth the Risk?

By David Silverberg

Culture

Living History for All

By Sara Murphy

Supply Chain

Putting a Down Payment on a Pineapple

By Ethan Freedman

Culture

Bringing Sexy Back (to the Land)

By Sana Khan

Environment

Harnessing the Power of Mushrooms to Clean Up Our Soil

By Rebecca McCray

Perspective

Abundantly Nourished

By Tonya Abari

Livestock

Fighting the Boar Wars

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Podcast

It’s Highway Robbery

By Sarah Mock

Culture

Is Biodynamic Farming Magic?

By Emmet Fraizer

Sustainability

The California-to-Arkansas Farmer Pipeline

By Lela Nargi

Environment

Bovines and Biocrusts

By Sarah Arnoff Yeoman

Culture

John Deere’s New Gen Z Chief Tractor Officer

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Sustainability

Salting the Earth

By Kate Morgan

Supply Chain

Farm-to-College Dining Levels Up

By Alexandra Frost

Livestock

U.S. Dairies Bet On Beef

By Donavyn Coffey

Studies

Is Roundup Messing With Our Gut Microbiome?

By Nina Elkadi

Farm Finance

Have We Outgrown the CSA Model?

By Lauren David

Crops

The Seaweed Industry Is Booming. Why Is it so Hard to Start a Farm in California?

By Katie Watkins

Technology

Pandemic-Era Broadband Access Is Receding — Rural Kids Are Paying the Price

By Rebecca McCray

Environment

All Around the Mountain Valley Pipeline, Farmers Are Losing Access to Clean Water

By Eve Andrews

Perspective

Making the Case for Sorghum

By Liz Susman Karp

Technology

Nuclear Fallout and Potatoes

By Maria Yagoda

Perspective

Farming While Queer

By Daniel Scheffler

Studies

Bats Are the Perfect Predator for Destructive Moths — If Farmers Can Coax Them In

By Sarah Derouin

Technology

Hive Mentality: Drone Swarms Are On The Horizon

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Environment

Not All Earthworms Are Cool

By Ethan Freedman

Supply Chain

Farmers Aren’t Keeping Up With Oat Milk Demand

By Shefali Kapadia

Land

The Boat Forest

By Rebecca McCray

Crops

An Amish-Chinese Mushroom Collaboration

By Laura Reiley

Technology

Protecting Agriculture From the Next Cyberattack

By Jaclyn De Candio

Sustainability

Trading Lobsters for Oysters

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

Podcast

Get Rich Homesteading

By Sarah Mock

Perspective

Drinking Green Tea With the Farmhands

By Megan Wells

Crops

Growing Better Soybeans, Not More

By Jack McGovan

Labor

Coming Up Short: Searching for Solutions to America’s Rural Vet Shortage

By Lewis Kendall

Perspective

The Night Calver

By Darby Minow Smith & Siri Kaur

Environment

Algal Blooms Are a Problem — They Could Also Be a Solution

By Moira Donovan

Crops

North America’s Original Buzz

By Daniel Walton

Supply Chain

Pregnant Women Are Using Herbs as Medicine — But Where Do They Come From?

By Alexandra Frost

Livestock

The Great Disease-Proof Deer Debate

By Eve Andrews

Supply Chain

Do You Even Know What Cinnamon Tastes Like?

By Olivia Peluso

Land

For Struggling Cranberry Farmers, Wetland Restoration Offers a Way Out — or a Chance at Survival

By James Reddick

Technology

Future Farmers of America: More Than Cows, Sows, and Plows

By Sara Murphy

Labor

Let Your Girls Grow Up to Be Ranchers

By Naomi Tomky

Supply Chain

From If to When: The Rapid Growth of America’s Truffle Industry

By Emma Castleberry

Technology

Drink Your Insulin, Dear

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Sustainability

The Tiny Fly That Could Transform Agriculture

By Kristen Richard

Supply Chain

A Plan to Save America’s Rubber Soul

By Kate Morgan

Sustainability

Scientists Are Warming Up to “Soil Health” — if They Can Agree on a Definition

By Ula Chrobak

Legislation

The Fight for Dairy Diversity in Public Schools

By Miranda Lipton & Jesse Hirsch

Environment

New York’s Sludge Wars Are Personal

By Lela Nargi

Livestock

“Ghost Cows” and Spoiled Beef: The Ponzi Scheme That Rocked the Cattle Industry

By Rebecca McCray

Supply Chain

Where Are the Ramp Farmers?

By Daniel Walton

Perspective

Taking Power From the People: A Big Ag Playbook

By Sana Khan

Studies

Worms in Space

By Adam Kovac

Livestock

Humans With Bird Flu

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Sustainability

Soiled Again: The Organic Transition Is Underfoot

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Crops

The Black Farmers Growing Rice

By Liz Susman Karp

Sustainability

The World’s Fattest Deer Are Doing Just Fine

By Jennifer Fergesen

Perspective

The Accidental Shepherds

By Sukey and John Jamison

Podcast

Alchemy of Farmland

By Sarah Mock

Studies

Aging Out of Beef

By Hannah Macready

Sustainability

Eating Away the Blue Catfish Invasion

By Karen Fischer

Livestock

Texas Ranchers and Veterinarians Salvage Life After Wildfires

By Stephanie Stephens

Labor

No Rest (Water, or Shade) for the Weary

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Perspective

The Online Right Touches Grass

By Luke Carneal

Crops

You Don’t Know Turmeric

By Ali Aas & Scott Gordon Bleicher

Sustainability

The High Plains Aquifer Is Approaching a Point of No Return

By Donavyn Coffey

Supply Chain

Colostrum for the People

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Livestock

Yet Another Feral Hog Problem

By Michael Crowe

Livestock

Sweaters for the Soil

By Elise Koning

Labor

Rural Firefighters to Farmers: Help Us Help You

By Nora Neus

Perspective

Colorado’s Water Wars

By Maggie Gelbwaks

Sustainability

Mind Your Beeswax

By Hannah Macready

Labor

Women Farmers Are Using Alcohol to Cope

By Rebecca McCray

Labor

When Prisoners Perform Farm Work, Who Benefits?

By Jack Dodson

Supply Chain

Farmers Don’t Want to Throw Away Food

By Emma Glassman-Hughes

Livestock

Buzzard Kill

By Ethan Freedman

Livestock

Oklahoma Legislators Make a Case for Cockfighting

By Heide Brandes

Sustainability

Rejecting Dystopia: An Introduction to Solarpunk Farming

By J.D. Harlock

Supply Chain

Tripping Forward

By Daniel Walton

Perspective

Of Hubris and Feces: The Human Story of Phosphorus

By Sana Khan

Legislation

A Red Herring in the Supreme Court

By Shea Swenson

Supply Chain

Old Cows, New Meat

By Hannah Macready

Podcast

Is the U.S. Running Out of Farmland?

By Sarah Mock

Podcast

Raise Less Corn and More Hell

By Sarah Mock

Podcast

The Wine of Wrath

By Sarah Mock

Farm Finance

When You Can’t Take It With You

By Maureen O'Hagan

Livestock

Live Chick-Hatching in the Age of Plague

By Eve Andrews

Perspective

What the Neighbors Think

By Beth Hoffman

Sustainability

A Lab Error Just Upended Years of Work on the GMO American Chestnut Tree

By Lela Nargi

Supply Chain

Light My Fire

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

Livestock

A Viral Solution to Farming’s Antibiotic Addiction

By Hannah Macready

Land

Hunting in the Farm Fields

By Lewis Kendall

Crops

Do You Know How Tomatoes Taste?

By Ethan Freedman

Supply Chain

Skin Is Tight

By Daniel Walton

Sustainability

Chicken Feathers Could Fuel the Future

By Hannah Macready

Supply Chain

The Unexpected Sweetness of the Spotted Lanternfly

By Amanda Loudin

Labor

Om on the Range

By Nora Neus

Perspective

Our Favorite Stories of 2023

By Jesse Hirsch

Supply Chain

Camel Milk in Every Store

By Shea Swenson

Perspective

The Delusion of Eating for the Planet

By Eve Andrews

Podcast

The Only Thing That Lasts

By Sarah Mock

Perspective

The Right Bees

By Emily Nichols

Land

Finding Liberation Through Farming

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

Perspective

Will the USDA Ever Allow GMOs on Organic Farms?

By Luke Carneal

Environment

How to Unbraid a River

By Sarah Mock

Labor

Valley Fever Can Devastate Farmworkers and Their Families

By Lela Nargi

Legislation

Agriculture’s Need for Speed

By Hannah Macready

Perspective

Have You Heard of Wendell Berry?

By Landon Frye

Sustainability

The Vegan School Lunch

By Jesse Hirsch

Culture

The Loneliest Cow in Manhattan

By Jesse Hirsch

Legislation

The Price of Picking Blueberries

By Jack Dodson

Land

The Farmhouse Craze Is Making it Harder for Actual Farmers to Buy Land

By Nora Neus

Supply Chain

All of New York’s Apples

By Nadia Berenstein & Lila Barth

Supply Chain

Hauling Watermelons in Souped-Up School Buses

By Heath Racela

Photo Essay

The Frontline of Food

By Jesse Hirsch & Scott Gordon Bleicher

Crops

“Adapt or Die”

By Hannah Macready

Supply Chain

USDA Is Buying Bison From Small Native Producers

By Sara Ventiera

Supply Chain

Indoor Agriculture Faces a Reckoning

By Donavyn Coffey

Land

They Were As Gods

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

Photo Essay

Shearing Sheep, Grazing Green

By Christina Yergat

Technology

Learning to Speak Plant

By Hannah Macready

Supply Chain

The Supply Chain for Witches

By Sara Murphy

Sustainability

Crop Insurance Faces a Reckoning

By Lois Parshley

Culture

Not Your Grandpa’s Haunted Hayride

By Sara Murphy

Sustainability

Weave Your Own Coffin

By Sara Murphy

Livestock

Keeping Up With the Carnivores

By Hannah Macready

Legislation

A Texas Highway Project Flooded a Fourth-Generation Farmer’s Ranch — Now He’s Headed to the Supreme Court

By Sara Ventiera

Perspective

Requiem for a Pig

By Eric Jasinski

Sustainability

Where Soil is Holy, and Climate Change Is Seldom Mentioned

By Eve Andrews

Technology

This Mushroom Moment

By Maia Welbel

Photo Essay

Clash of the Combines

By Sarah Arnoff Yeoman

Legislation

Poisoned by Pesticides

By Sara Ventiera

Technology

Farmers Are Tentatively Embracing AI

By Hannah Macready

Supply Chain

Shipping Food Is Dirty Business. Can Sailboats Fix It?

By Whitney Bauck

Land

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Agrihood

By Sara Murphy

Environment

Is Dirtier Farm Air Giving Farmers ‘Smoke Brain’?

By Daniel Walton

Crops

Growing Pains

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

Technology

A Decade In, FallingFruit Has Kicked Open the Door for Urban Foragers

By Sara Ventiera

Crops

In a Bid for Food Sovereignty, Hawaiian Farmers Return to Indigenous Roots

By Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

Legislation

More and More States are Legalizing Sales of Raw Milk

By Sara Ventiera

Supply Chain

Building a Better Agricultural Trucking Market

By Ethan Freedman

Environment

In Defense of Frost

By Lewis Kendall

Livestock

Pigs Can’t Sweat, and It’s Costing Us Billions — Can USDA’s ‘HotHog’ App Keep Them Cool?

By Jesse Hirsch

Supply Chain

Why Electric Tractors Haven’t Taken Over American Fields

By John McCracken

Labor

A Food Label for Farmworkers

By Sara Ventiera

Livestock

The Illusion of Antibiotic-Free Meat

By Hannah Macready

Land

For Monarchs, Milkweed Matters More than Pesticides

By Ethan Freedman

Livestock

Can Silicon Valley Save These Chicks?

By Hannah Macready

Land

From Fieldworkers to Farm Owners

By Sara Murphy

Livestock

When Guardian Dogs Attack

By Sara Ventiera

Livestock

Farmers Are Breeding Heat-Resistant Cows

By Katherine Rapin

Sustainability

How Do You Prepare for Every Type of Weather?

By Lela Nargi

Crops

Made in the Shade

By Daniel Walton

Environment

From Foe to Friend, (Some) Ranchers Are Welcoming Beavers Back

By Sara Ventiera

Technology

Is Every Farmer an Influencer Now?

By Hannah Macready

Livestock

Slow Food

By Lewis Kendall

Sustainability

Some Midwestern States Have Stayed Cooler Than the Rest of the Country. The Secret? Large-Scale Irrigation.

By Sara Ventiera

Livestock

Whatever Happened to the Judas Goats?

By Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

Environment

Learning to Love Rocks

By Ethan Freedman

Technology

AI Could Hold the Key to Improving Animal Welfare

By Emma Penrod

Environment

Prisoners Are Saving Western Rangelands

By Sara Ventiera

Crops

Everyone Should Grow Bamboo! No One Should Grow Bamboo!

By Lela Nargi

Environment

Rising Waters, Sinking Prospects

By Lois Parshley

Land

Would You Bequeath Your Farm to a Stranger?

By Sara Murphy

Studies

Farm Kids Are Experiencing High Rates of Anxiety and Depression

By Lela Nargi

Supply Chain

Despite U.S. Pushback, Mexico’s Fight to Ban Genetically Modified Corn is Not Over

By Lorena Rios

Supply Chain

We Can’t Keep Using Phosphorus Fertilizers — Just Ask Industry Stakeholders

By Shea Swenson

Legislation

Climate Change Is Upending Farmers’ Livelihoods — and Exacerbating a Mental Health Crisis

By Mélissa Godin

Supply Chain

Everyone Wants to Repair Our Damaged Ecosystems — But Where Are the Seeds?

By Jesse Hirsch

Crops

The Curious Economics of Pick-Your-Own Farms

By Shelby Vittek

Legislation

Wells Are Running Dry in Rural Communities of Color. Is a Fix in Sight?

By Amber X. Chen

Labor

It’s Suddenly Legal for Kids to Work in Meatpacking Plants

By Lela Nargi

Environment

Is the War on Cheatgrass Unwinnable?

By Sara Ventiera

Technology

Planting Tiny Indoor Farms In Strip Malls and Office Parks

By Taylor Kate Brown

Labor

Profit-Sharing is Taking Root in the Wine Industry

By Sara Ventiera

Legislation

Has the Time for Checkoff Reform Finally Arrived?

By Lela Nargi

Crops

Maslins, a Method of Planting Grains You’ve Probably Never Heard of

By Liz Susman Karp

Sustainability

Insects for Dinner: Separating the Hope from the Hype

By Kathleen Willcox

Livestock

California Is Spending Millions to Compensate Ranchers for Living Near Wolves

By Shea Swenson

Farm Finance

Can the Farm Bill Ease the Childcare Crisis for U.S. Farm Families?

By Shelby Vittek

Supply Chain

Why Dairy Farmers Dump Their Milk

By Jesse Hirsch

Farm Finance

A New Class of Consultants Helps Farmers Navigate USDA’s Cumbersome Funding Applications

By Lela Nargi

Sustainability

Embracing the Toilet-to-Farm Irrigation Model

By Jen A. Miller

Livestock

The Complicated Case for Vaccinating Chickens

By Jesse Hirsch

Perspective

Notes From a Dairy Farmer’s Daughter

By Maureen Purcell

Labor

Florida’s New Anti-Immigration Law Spells Bad News for Agriculture

By Shelby Vittek

Farm Finance

Minnesota Farmers Celebrate Their New Public Health Care Option

By Shea Swenson

Livestock

Why Would a Conventional Vegetable Farmer Bring Someone Else’s Cattle Onto His Fields?

By Lela Nargi

Technology

Virtual Fencing Will Change How We Raise Livestock, Fight Fires, and Support Soil Health

By Alexandra Jones

Environment

Iowa’s Water Crisis Isn’t Drying Up Anytime Soon

By Shelby Vittek

Legislation

Why Are Farm Groups Opposing Climate Disclosures?

By John McCracken

Livestock

Can the Farm Bill Fix Agriculture’s Methane Problem?

By John McCracken

Crops

We’re Losing Our Seed Breeders

By Shea Swenson

Technology

Genetically Edited Pork Has Entered the Food Supply

By Jesse Hirsch

Land

Silvopasture Is an Ancient, Climate-Smart Farming Practice. Can the Farm Bill Help Spur its Renaissance?

By Ashley Stimpson

Crops

The Small Southern Farm Working to Forecast the Crops of the Future

By Shelby Vittek

Legislation

Colorado Became the First Right-to-Repair State — Who’s Next?

By Amanda Loudin

Legislation

How a Climate-Smart Farm Bill Can Save Lives

By Eve Andrews

Studies

For Farmers in Crisis, Could Online Therapy Be the Answer?

By Jesse Hirsch

Labor

Are Farm Apprentices and Interns Getting Paid What They Deserve?

By Lela Nargi

Legislation

Meet the Elite Squad of Beagles Keeping U.S. Agriculture Safe

By Shea Swenson

Crops

How Wildfire Smoke Shrinks and Shrivels Potatoes

By Shelby Vittek

Legislation

Why Does the Farm Bill Consider Fruits and Vegetables “Specialty Crops?”

By Lela Nargi

Studies

Farmland flooding could help with both extreme weather and depleted aquifers. But will it contaminate drinking water?

By Caroline Tracey

Studies

Washington Dairy Farmers Love Bald Eagles, and Vice Versa

By Shea Swenson

Legislation

“Vital” Sedative for Cattle and Horses Is in DEA Crosshairs

By Jesse Hirsch

Legislation

Is There a Better Way to Deal With Wild Cattle?

By Kathleen Willcox

Legislation

Big Poultry’s Anticompetitive Practices Come Home to Roost

By Jack Dodson

Technology

Counterfeit Seeds Are Taking Root Worldwide

By Jesse Hirsch

Supply Chain

A Domestic Vanilla Industry Is Slowly Unfurling in Florida

By Shelby Vittek

Sustainability

After a crippling drought, California has enough water to grow rice this year. Its troubles aren’t over.

By Lela Nargi

Farm Finance

Ohio Wants More New Farmers, So It’s Paying Them to Learn About Finance

By Shea Swenson

Legislation

The Battle Over Canola Farming in Oregon Heats Up

By Shelby Vittek

Legislation

U.S. and Mexico Have 1 Week Left to Settle Corn Clash

By John McCracken

Legislation

Proposed CO₂ Pipeline Through Iowa Angers Farmers and Environmentalists Alike

By Eve Andrews

Supply Chain

Rebuilding North America’s Flax-to-Fiber Supply Chain

By Alexandra Jones

Legislation

“They’re Doing Fraud”: Meat Producers Weigh in on USA Labels

By Jesse Hirsch

Studies

What Explosions in Space Tell Us About Agricultural Erosion

By Caroline Tracey

Livestock

Shooting Feral Cattle From Helicopters

By Shea Swenson

Sustainability

Food Companies Are Gung-Ho for Greenhouse Gas Scores — But Are They Just Greenwashing?

By Lela Nargi

Farm Finance

A Matchmaker for Small Farmers and Landowners

By Amanda Loudin

Legislation

Fighting to Keep Milk a Household — But Not Plant-Based — Name

By John McCracken

Sustainability

In Texas, Climate Change and Food Security Are Closely Linked

By Lauryn Higgins

Studies

Addressing Agriculture’s Mental Health Crisis

By Shelby Vittek

Livestock

More Human Contact Could Benefit Dairy Calves — Maybe

By Shea Swenson

Sustainability

Making Wine With the Help of Bugs, Raptors, and Livestock

By Kathleen Willcox

Crops

The Race to Breed a Better Potato Chip

By Shelby Vittek

Studies

After 3 Decades in the Lab, Meet Cornell’s Pest-Resistant Tomato

By Shea Swenson

Labor

Iowa Pushes to Let 14-Year-Olds Work in Meatpacking Plants

By Lela Nargi

Legislation

Oklahoma’s New Lunch Program Puts a Twist on the Farm-to-School Model

By Shea Swenson

Legislation

Will More Money for Small Meat Processors Fix the Supply Chain?

By Lela Nargi

Legislation

The Growing Movement to Liberate Raw Milk

By Shelby Vittek

Technology

For Agrivoltaics, the Right Light Matters

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Crops

Bean Growers Are Eager to Rebuild a Once-Powerful Market

By Shelby Vittek

Legislation

Seed Thieves

By Jack Dodson

Supply Chain

Where Will Egg Prices Go in 2023?

By Chris Chafin

Farm Finance

The Tricky Balance of Raising Kids and Maintaining a Farm

By Shea Swenson

Legislation

Congress Wants to Block Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland. Is This a Red Herring?

By Lela Nargi

Crops

Can Growing Leaves for Cigar Wrappers Save Struggling Farmers?

By Shelby Vittek

Studies

Upcycling Apple Waste Could Give Chickens a Gut Health Boost

By Shea Swenson

Crops

Perennial Wheat Is Not Going to Save Us — Not Yet, at Least

By Shelby Vittek

Legislation

USDA Is Cracking Down on Organic Fraud. Will It Rebuild Public Trust?

By Lela Nargi

Supply Chain

Playing Chicken With Farm Feed

By Jen A. Miller

Supply Chain

Why Supermarket Monopolies Are Bad for the Farm Economy

By Shelby Vittek

Supply Chain

Nationwide Steel Shortage Leaves Farm Equipment in Short Supply

By Shea Swenson

Legislation

Time Is Running Out to Complete the Census of Agriculture

By Christina Yergat

Legislation

Not Everyone Is Celebrating This Week’s Right-to-Repair News

By Lela Nargi

Livestock

When the Cows Get Cold

By Shea Swenson

Legislation

Are the Threats of “Agroterrorism” Overblown?

By Jack Dodson

Studies

Using Hound Dogs to Sniff Out Cattle Disease

By Jesse Hirsch

Technology

The Uncertain Future of Growing Without Soil

By Shea Swenson

Sustainability

Is the Biochar Boom Upon Us?

By Shelby Vittek

Technology

Tech Companies Are Pushing Precision Agriculture Into American Vineyards

By Shelby Vittek

Technology

Adaptive Equipment for the Most Dangerous Profession

By Lela Nargi

Farm Finance

The Barely Profitable World of the Christmas Tree Grower

By Chris Chafin

Technology

Recycled Carbon Dioxide May Be the Key to Bountiful Rooftop Farms

By Shea Swenson

Sustainability

The Fuzzy Math of Soil Carbon Markets

By Grace van Deelen

Technology

Missed Connections: How a Lack of Reliable Internet Access Hinders Rural Farmers

By Shelby Vittek

Studies

There’s a Shortage of Livestock Veterinarians and It’s Making Our Food Less Safe

By Jesse Hirsch

Farm Finance

Agritourism Won’t Fix Every Farmer’s Financial Woes

By Shea Swenson

Technology

Polar Farming: Growing Produce in the World’s Northernmost Town

By Aishwarya Jagani

Legislation

Organic Producers Ask Congress for Emergency Aid

By Shea Swenson

Livestock

Feeding Seaweed to Cattle Could Reduce Methane Emissions up to 80%. Don’t Expect to See it Here Soon.

By Emma Penrod

Crops

Texas Lost More Than Half of This Year’s Cotton Crop to Drought. Could Hemp Be the Salvation?

By Lela Nargi

Environment

Will Rising Temperatures Force Cranberry Production to Move North?

By Shelby Vittek

Labor

“Corn Sweat” Is on the Rise — And It May Make Farmwork Less Safe

By Whitney Bauck

Legislation

The Age of Over-the-Counter Antibiotics for Livestock Is Ending

By Shea Swenson

Sustainability

Pollinator Advocates Are Bridging the Gap Between Front Lawns and Farms

By Richard Bednarski

Crops

Going Broke Growing Hemp

By Chris Chafin

Sustainability

California Wants to Transition All Truck Fleets to Zero Emissions. Farmers Aren’t So Sure.

By Shea Swenson

Studies

Fertilizer Is Making Flowers Repel Bumblebees

By Lela Nargi

Labor

A Safety Net for Farmworkers During Climate Disasters

By Jesse Hirsch

Legislation

How to Build a Climate-Smart Farm Bill

By Lela Nargi

Studies

U.S. Grain Farmers Are Leaving $2.6 Billion on the Field

By Jesse Hirsch

Crops

Iowa Agronomists “Very Concerned” About Invasive Asian Copperleaf

By Jesse Hirsch

Environment

Some of Oregon’s Irrigation Systems Are More Than 100 Years Old, and It Shows

By Lela Nargi

Livestock

Poultry Farmers Are on the Front Lines of USDA’s New War on Salmonella

By Jesse Hirsch

Environment

Winter Rain Keeps Increasing — And It’s Exponentially Increasing Toxic Farm Runoff

By Jesse Hirsch

Livestock

Should California’s Animal Welfare Laws Affect National Pork Production? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide.

By Jesse Hirsch

Technology

NASA Asks Drought-Stricken Farmers: “How Can We Help?”

By Randy Showstack

Sustainability

The USDA Wants Farmers to Double-Crop. It’s Not Just About Profits.

By Lela Nargi

Sustainability

Can No-Till Farming Go Big?

By Richard Robinson & Caroline Noble

Farm Finance

Most Farmers Need Second Jobs to Survive

By Jesse Hirsch

Supply Chain

Record Prices Give Rise to Consolidation Concerns in the Fertilizer Industry

By Nathan Beacom

Legislation

Some States Are Moving to Ban Neonic Pesticides. Is This the Best Way to Support Pollinators — and Farmers?

By Lela Nargi

Sustainability

One of the World’s Strangest — and Most Critical — Fisheries Is in Serious Danger

By Emma Penrod

Labor

West Coast Farm Owners Are Adapting to New Overtime Laws

By Michael Crowe

Sustainability

British “Rewilding” Effort Merges Husbandry, Carbon Sequestration, and Conservation

By James FitzGerald

Farm Finance

Climate Change Likely Driving Crop Insurance Costs Up

By Randy Showstack

Technology

Agrivoltaics are Gaining Ground on Agricultural Land

By Whitney Bauck

Crops

Teff Gains Ground as a Dual-Income Crop

By Richard Bednarski

Supply Chain

Farmers Look to Weather Record Inflation as Input Costs Soar

By Michael Crowe

Supply Chain

Ag Exports Bottlenecked at Oakland Port Despite USDA Efforts

By Veronica Irwin

Supply Chain

Mushroom Farmers Across America Face Extraordinary Supply Shortages

By Jordan Montgomery

Livestock

Diversifying Meat Markets After The Pandemic

By Nathan Beacom

Sustainability

How Northwest Farmers Dealt With Record Heatwave

By Michael Crowe

Farm Finance

Fighting Farm Consolidation in Amish Country

By Christina Yergat

Farm Finance

When Organic Farming Doesn’t Pay Off

By David Warmflash, MD

Supply Chain

Drought and COVID-19: Factors Beyond Ukraine Invasion Driving Wheat Price Spike

By Lars Schonander

Supply Chain

Grain, Fuel, and Fertilizer: How the Invasion of Ukraine is Affecting American Farmers

By IV Hendrix

Studies

The Conservation Reserve Program is Competing with Pasture Insurance for Farmer Participation

By Atticus Graven, Jisang Yu, PhD & Brittney Goodrich, PhD

Studies

Does Digital Access to USDA Programs Mean More Equitable Access?

By Atticus Graven

Studies

Buy Farmland Where Your Harvest Justifies the Cost of Land

By Atticus Graven

Studies

Poor Broadband Access Linked to Less Farm Funding

By Atticus Graven & Aleks Schaefer, PhD JD