Agriculture

Steve Ela is an organic fruit grower in western Colorado who relies on compost to nourish his heirloom tomato crop each year. He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover...

MagrowTec and Certis Belchim, a leading global provider of crop protection solutions, have announced their strategic collaboration. MagrowTec’s innovative technology delivers proven precision spraying solutions that offer the best compromise...

It is a long-standing tenet of agricultural communities: Neighbors will either help make or break an adjacent farm or ranch. Most American farmers and ranchers trust their neighbors to be...

The decrease follows two years of drops in overall almond acreage. Courtesy of the Almond Board of California California’s bearing almond acreage decreased slightly over the past year, according to...

We bring you some of the best farm photos from the week this Friday, April 16, 2024! Want to get listed in this weekly feature? Be sure to hashtag your...

The upcoming edition of GreenTech Amsterdam shines the spotlight on emerging technologies for the future of horticulture. In the extensive knowledge programme, market leaders...

Discussions among legislators, public health officials, and consumers persist across the United States as the debate over raw milk sales continues. Raw milk is milk that has not gone through...

Photo credit: USDA Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) announced that it will partner with Reinvestment Fund, a national mission-driven financial institution, to fund 16...

Nearly four decades ago, Ron Mardesen and his wife Denise stopped using antibiotics on their hog farm, A-Frame Acres, in Elliot, Iowa. He decided there was a better way to...

At the height of the season, to increase production, the company promised a wage of $6 per hour plus $2.50 per box, a rate they’d paid the previous year. When...