COLUMBUS, Ohio — The sea of shifting soybean kernels had risen to Jay Butterfield’s knees inside a tall grain bin on his Ohio farm. Read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
AURORA, Ore. — A unit of wheat is called a bushel, and a standard weight of potatoes is called a century. But hemp as…
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Wheat Commission meeting slated for June 13
DARIEN, Wis. — A tattered American flag waved in Roger Millard’s front lawn amid sprawling Walworth County farmland.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
PARMA — University of Idaho scientists built a machine to clean harmful elements out of water in hopes of revolutioni…
CHOTEAU, Mont. — Farming is a 23,000-year-old experiment, so it’s only suitable that Judy Cornell’s Conservation Grai…
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS — Fans of fresh mushrooms have been flocking to an unlikely spot in Minneapolis for their fungi fix in re…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The beehive is making a comeback.
BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal appeals court panel on Friday rejected the state of Missouri’s challenge to a massive upst…
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Nursery growers in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska are reminded to apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Potato farmers are getting a late start on their crops because of a long winter and record snowfall …
LOUISVILLE, Ohio — A dairy farm operated for four generations by one Ohio family is set to run dry.
MADISON, Wis. — The number of female producers on Wisconsin farms increased by 16 percent between 2012 and 2017, acco…
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
KIMBERLY, Idaho — You may not recognize a mint farmer by the looks of him, but his aromatic crop is unmistakable. Its…
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota farmers suffered their worst year in more than three decades in 2018, according to a new repo…
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
BAY SPRINGS, Miss. — Motorists will see many things when riding through the hills of Jasper County — fields of grazin…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two Minnesota lawmakers are proposing a bill that would reimburse school districts for feeding stud…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s House has endorsed a bill to amend the state’s Depression-era anti-corporate farming …
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
PULLMAN — Washington State University will host a soil acidity workshop featuring experts on soil acidity and soil he…
SPOKANE — Washington farmers can expect a tougher year covering expenses even if political leaders finalize trade agr…
MADISON, Wis. — Financial struggles led Leon Statz to sell his 50 dairy cows, causing the third-generation farmer to …
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
PULLMAN — Exploring the link between health and agriculture, researchers at Washington State University’s Center for …
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Helping maintain and preserve rangelands and inform the ranchers and professionals who manage the…
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Rodney Helton stood in a cotton field in Atmore, Ala., just over the Florida state line, with puddl…
HARTFORD, Conn. — An appeals court has temporarily stopped the eviction of the widower of famed herbalist Adelma Gren…
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
PULLMAN — Washington State University researchers have discovered the way plants respond to disease-causing organisms…
GREENCREEK — The Prairie Area Cereal School, aimed at farmers and ranchers, will feature information about the grain …
PULLMAN — A Washington State University Extension workshop about soil management is planned for next Tuesday at Banya…
LINCOLN, Neb. — More than four months after Missouri became the first U.S. state to regulate the term “meat” on produ…
Tuesday, January 01, 2019
Helping provide a more valuable and sustainable hay crop for farmers and dairy producers, geneticists at Washington S…
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
The 15th annual Three Rivers Grazing Conference, featuring a trade show and hours of presentations, will be held Jan.…
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — In some ways, Jamie Tiralla and her family represent farming’s past and future.
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
An integrated pest management program for individuals seeking Washington, Idaho and Oregon pesticide re-certification…
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The soybean crop was huge this year: An estimated 345 million bushels were produced in Nebraska …
EAST MEON, England — Faced with seesawing commodity prices and the pressure to be more efficient and environmentally …
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota’s winter wheat crop appears to be in decent shape, and farmers are continuing to make prog…
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
WAPELLA, Ill. — As the wife of a farmer, Kathie Wickenhauser of Wapella knows the dangers of the fall harvest.
Federal Reserve: Farm income continues to decline this fall
DANVILLE, Iowa — Sheep are more than a business for the owners of Prairie Farms Woolery. They’re also pets.
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS — Seven years ago, three of the largest farm-equipment companies in America said they were close to intro…
DIXON, Ill. — Some take them scrambled, sunny-side up, or baked in a cookie.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana and Arkansas have stepped up boll weevil trapping because two of the destructive, long-snoute…
DEBLOIS, Maine — In the era of superfoods, Maine blueberries aren’t so super.
RIDGEFIELD — On a bright, picture-perfect morning in late September, Joe Leadingham plucked a pair of golubok grapes …
Tuesday, October 09, 2018
SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Brandon Alexander would like to introduce you to Angus, the farmer of the future. He’s heavyset,…
SAN FRANCISCO — California voters are right to think they already weighed in on how big cages should be for egg-laying hens.
MINNEAPOLIS — The trade war with China is falling hardest on soybean farmers west and northwest of the Twin Cities, w…
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
WASHINGTON — Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar…
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
A Beef Quality Assurance Training class aimed at those who transport cattle will be held Sept. 24 at the Lewiston Rou…
SAVANNAH, Ga. — When students on the Armstrong campus of Georgia Southern University bite into the pad thai on campus…
