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 ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Grist. HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, ...

Solar panels are no longer just lining barn roofs and field edges, they are rising directly above rows of vegetables, orchards and vineyards, reshaping how food and power are produced on the same ...

In the recent farm income report, USDA revised the estimated total U.S. net cash income for 2025 downward to $153.9 billion, which is a decrease of nearly $27 billion from the September projection.

The Agriculture Department is anticipating a slightly easier 2026 for U.S. ag producers, with prices for major commodities nudging higher and input and labor costs moderating. We sat down with USDA ...

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 ...

Finding land is harder than ever. Costs keep rising. Weather is less predictable. For young Iowans trying to start farming, the barriers are mounting — and many are being shut out entirely.

Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his ...