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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

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The Only Thing That Lasts

A podcast uncovering the mysteries of American farmland.

Sustainability
Caviar’s Shifting Tides
By Emma Glassman-Hughes
Crops
Hot Potatoes
By Daniel Walton

The Weekly

A stylish weekly roundup of farming stories from Ambrook Research and beyond.

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
Culture
Tractor Supply’s Boycott Backlash
By Rebecca McCray
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

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