By Karl Plume and P.J. Huffstutter ARLINGTON, Virginia/CHICAGO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - As the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

For the last several decades, the default path for American farmers and ranchers has been increasing specialization of the agricultural activities on their operations. In 1949, American farmers ...

By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The chair of the U.S. Senate's agriculture committee warned on Tuesday that farmers were suffering heavy losses, while more than two ...

Nearly half of the world's land (44%) is used for agriculture, according to data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, with one-third of that going to croplands and two-thirds to grazing land ...

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee on Friday released text for the farm bill and announced they will mark up the bill on Feb. 23 — with the framework drawing immediate criticism from the ...

One year after Philadelphia released its first plan for support urban gardening and farming, city officials emphasized the importance of urban agriculture and called for new investments during a City ...

The Northern Lakes Economic Alliance hosted its first Catalyst Conversations event of 2026 on Feb. 18 at the Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall. Regional leaders and agricultural experts gathered to ...

Technological advancements are constantly changing sectors of the economy, and agriculture is no different. While innovations like the Haber-Bosch process and the cotton gin forever changed the ...

In the parking lot behind a grocery store in Portland, Ore., last September, several hundred tomato aficionados gathered on a sunny, breezy day for Tomato Fest. While many attendees devoured slices of ...

Social and economic divide continuously challenges the conversion of farmland into solar fields — but University of Illinois researchers ...

The Torit Agricultural Show, held over two days in the capital of Eastern Equatoria State, concluded on Monday with calls to ...

An amendment on SB 290 would narrow and clarify a long-standing agricultural disparagement statute, after concerns were raised that existing language could be interpreted too broadly.