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 ...

By turning instinct and experience into actionable intelligence, precision agriculture empowers farmers to make confident, ...

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 ...

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

As a father and now a grandfather, one of the most bittersweet moments is watching your kids and grandkids climb onto the bus for the first day of school each year. While it’s easy to feel a bit sad ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cybersecurity has been a major subject of discussion in recent years, with purported Chinese spy balloons floating overhead, a major Appalachian oil pipeline hacked with ransomware and questions about ...

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 ...