Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and ...

Last year, California and Washington state banned farming octopuses for their meat, and bills have been introduced in seven other states — plus the US Senate — to do the same. Lawmakers in Chile and ...

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 ...

The US agricultural economy is changing rapidly. Modern technology boosts output, efficiency, and sustainability. The IoT is revolutionizing farming. Imagine a farm where drones monitor fields, ...

After weeks of debate, Congress passed an extension of the 2018 farm bill in late December 2024 that provides $31 billion in funding for agriculture. Roughly two-thirds of that will go toward disaster ...

In America’s farm country, there is a steady heartbeat that pulses throughout the fields—the faith community. It’s not confined to Sunday sermons or midweek Bible studies. It’s in the calloused hands ...

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Farm loan employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency will now need approval from billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ...

The United States is standing on the threshold of a new economic frontier, one that extends far beyond Silicon Valley. Just over the horizon is an emerging bioeconomy — a rapidly expanding, technology ...

Funds supporting farmers and those in need of food aid will start to be sent out following the reopening of the U.S. government on Thursday, Nov. 13. The reopening was largely welcomed by farm groups, ...

When most people picture a farmer, they don’t envision someone teaching math, driving a school bus or managing a bank branch. Yet for the majority of U.S. farm households, income from these off-farm ...

I sank into Randy Carter’s comfy couch, excited to see the Hollywood veteran’s magnum opus. Around the first floor of his Glendale home were framed photos and posters of films the 77-year-old had ...