In 2022, 39% of agricultural land was rented – a proportion that has remained relatively stable for over 50 years. When deciding how to acquire land, rising farm real estate values can be a valuable ...

Smart greenhouses — which use monitoring and control systems to optimize growing conditions for plants — are changing ...

Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that $12 billion will be made available for the “Farmer Bridge Assistance” program, which will provide economic assistance payments to producers ...

Hilery Gobert and his livestock guardian dog, Bella, at Driftwood Farm in Iowa, Louisiana. Bella protects the farm's animals from predators like coyotes. (Leslie Gamboni) Climate change is affecting ...

A bowl of cereal looks simple, but it’s the end of a long chain of choices that changed human life more than almost any ...

Carl Druskovich, a seventh-generation southwest Michigan fruit farmer who still has to work full-time as a dentist to make ...

For any investor looking to protect their stock market gains from the last three years, it might be time to look away from your iPhone and down at the soil.

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. A number of small Black-owned farms ...