Hydroponic farming used to be an answer to a problem few were aware of. Before global warming, growing food demands, care for the environment and water use became hot-button topics around the globe, ...
Sitting in front of my office is a two-row, horse-drawn planter. I inherited it from a ranch I bought where it sat from the day it was last used, more than 100 years prior. If all went well, you could ...
Congress is taking so long to start writing a new farm bill that the legislation won't be enacted until well into 2024, or even later, if the timelines for the four most recent farm bills are any ...
The farm bill process, which is always long and winding, is well underway. Much of the work occurring now is listening to growers and their associations. The House and Senate Agriculture committees, ...
Restoring links between farming processes and livestock rearing can reduce air and water pollution, and help farmers meet rising costs Low domestic production and reliance on imports for pulses, ...
Picture a farm, and what do you see? For most of us who grew up singing “Old McDonald,” the image that springs to mind is quaint and pastoral: a smallholding with red-painted barns, a few chickens or ...
LIMURU, Kenya – Rotten bananas? Mushy avocados? Pulped oranges? Talash Huijbers wants them all. The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan farm rearing black soldier fly larvae for animal ...
The Senate and House Ag committees are facing delays in drafting the next farm bill, and it was expected to be the most expensive farm bill to date, clocking in at around $1.5 trillion. However, ...