Agriculture

Courtesy of Peter Hecht Waylon and Willie, two rescue dogs who helped protect a Tulare County farm from crime, have earned the $1,000 Grand Prize in the third annual California...

Cornell researchers partnered with New York livestock farmers to analyze transactions at farmers’ markets, finding that sales were better on Sundays, early in the morning, and during certain months of...

The Louisiana Constitution permits “very person…the right to acquire, own, control, use,…private property.” La. Const. Ann. art. I, § 4. However, the state constitution authorizes the state legislature to enact...

With 2024 around the corner, we at Modern Farmer are looking ahead to a whole new year of stories and reporting that will help inform and enable people to get...

Nearly three years since the COVID-19 pandemic began upendeding the global food system, we are still seeing food insecurity in all the same places. Early, and major, changes to federal...

Editor’s note: In 2023 the agricultural industry faced challenges from extreme weather to supply chain issues. To address these issues and meet the goal of feeding a growing population, researchers...

STATES ACT AGAINST MASSACHUSETTS QUESTION 3 TO PROTECT A FREE AND FED AMERICA™ In a recently filed amicus brief in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts,...

Courtesy of Peter Hecht A high school teacher from Kern County earned top honors in the California Young Farmers & Ranchers Open Discussion Meet for his discussion on the tools...

After almost a week of the key trade routes between Texas and New Mexico being closed, the U.S. has reopened the two rail crossings.  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

With phytonutrients trending, we want to delve into what we mean by ‘bioactives’ and how they could impact Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). Put simply, bioactives are physiologically-active compounds located in...