Two projects are receiving support from the USDA 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Two interdisciplinary research ...
As heat and water scarcity increase, farmers have to adjust their strategies to ensure good production. The bottom line is important, but so is conserving non-renewable resources. Dry farming is one ...
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 ...
Delaware Farm Bureau’s “Educating through Specialty Crop Crates” program educates elementary-aged students on the various specialty crops that are grown and produced in Delaware. Each crate is full of ...
Austin Allred’s family has been farming the Royal Slope region of Washington state between Seattle and Spokane for three generations. He and his two brothers, Derek and Tyson, farm a combined 6,000 ...
Love for their cows, land and family is the reason the Reynolds family says it runs the roughly 3,000-acre Reyncrest Farms ...
Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...
When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...
HAWLEY, Minn. — Family photos line the walls of the Olsons' farm office, highlighting the generations that have tended to their family’s farm in Hawley. It’s no secret that the operation has seen its ...