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Farm workers in California are facing the double health threat of working during the coronavirus pandemic and fire season. Wildfire smoke often makes the air quality dangerous for harvesting produce.
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The Internet startup Tillable wants to match farmers with farmland available for rent. The problem? Farmers already on that land fear their farm data is being used against them.
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Within the next decade, farmers will have a lot of new technology to select from to plant, weed and harvest crops, battle weeds, milk their cows, and keep…
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Cranberries are a Thanksgiving tradition, that are only grown in a few states, using some interesting production methods.
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Thanksgiving dinner is good, locally sources dinner is even better.
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A common practice in confined livestock operations, is to feed low levels of antibiotics to improve rate of gain and to keep them healthy. Recently, the…
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Negotiations are underway in Congress on the 2018 Farm Bill. However, the title, "Farm Bill" is somewhat of a misnomer, because only about 20% of the…
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Cattle producers are seeing more favorable prices for their weaned calves this year compared to 2016.
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There are significant investments made to develop varieties of GMO corn that have commercially valuable traits, such as high yield, and herbicide and…
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Fall brings final harvests, end of irrigation, and preparation for the onset of winter.
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An August 14th Wall Street Journal article points out the environmental problems that occur when a large number of livestock are confined to a small area.…
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Farmers and farm commodity organizations are concerned that NAFTA negotiations aren't considering the importance that trade with Canada and Mexico has for…