If you’re a struggling producer without local mental health services, remote therapy seems like a promising option. But how do you overcome distrust of the unknown?

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

Small farmers and their workers sometimes clash over what comprises fair wages and true educational opportunities.

Are Farm Apprentices and Interns Getting Paid What They Deserve?

A group of 150 USDA canines is tasked with sniffing out potentially dangerous meat and produce before it enters our borders. Their funding is far from secure.

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

And what Idaho researchers are doing to prepare the state’s top crop for a smokier future.

How Wildfire Smoke Shrinks and Shrivels Potatoes

Nutrition experts say this year’s bill should give more funding and focus to farmers who grow the food we should be eating.

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

New research investigates how nitrogen in farmland soils responds to recharge floodwaters.

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

A new study shows that bald eagles have landed on Northwest Washington dairy farms to feed on placenta and calf carcasses. It’s a symbiotic relationship.

Washington Dairy Farmers Love Bald Eagles, and Vice Versa

Xylazine, one of the most common sedatives in large-animal veterinary care, is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl for human use. The results are disastrous. 

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

The federal government created an uproar by slaughtering New Mexico’s “feral” cattle via helicopter. Ranchers and animal advocates aren’t happy, but disagree on the best path forward. 

Is There a Better Way to Deal With Wild Cattle?

Last year, the DOJ exposed a price- and wage-fixing conspiracy by some of the largest U.S. poultry producers that they said “harmed a generation.” Will the government follow through on holding them accountable?

Big Poultry’s Anticompetitive Practices Come Home to Roost

Fake seeds can cost farmers up to two-thirds of their yields, putting global food security at risk. A team at MIT has devised an anti-counterfeiting system using microscopic silk labels.

Counterfeit Seeds Are Taking Root Worldwide

The U.S. is the world’s top importer of vanilla beans, but American production has been minimal — until now.

A Domestic Vanilla Industry Is Slowly Unfurling in Florida

With water resources becoming ever scarcer, Golden State rice farmers look for ways to cut back on their usage.

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

A new, statewide tax credit program aims to bolster new farmers’ success, while addressing the issue of the rising average age of the American farmer.

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

As the state considers permanent restrictions on the crop in the Willamette Valley, a decades-long debate is pitting farmers against each other.

The Battle Over Canola Farming in Oregon Heats Up

With a deadline for an international agreement on the horizon, the push to ban genetically modified corn imports to Mexico is reigniting old industry questions.

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

The proposed pipeline would enable ethanol plants to sequester carbon dioxide out of state. It is profoundly unpopular.

 Proposed CO₂ Pipeline Through Iowa Angers Farmers and Environmentalists Alike

Sixty years after the last U.S. flax processor closed, the PA Flax Project set out on a mission to revive American linen. With a new mill finally opening, their plans are kicking into high gear.

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

Should meat from cattle raised in, say, Brazil, be allowed to carry a sticker that says “Made in USA?” The USDA wants your thoughts.

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

A new study measuring rare, cosmic atoms shows that soil erosion in the Midwest is orders of magnitude worse than we thought. 