KOSU wrote dozens of articles about agriculture and food this year, led by reporter Anna Pope and supplemented by the station ...

A few years ago my wife Marilyn suggested to me that I should write down personal observations that might be useful to others. Her suggestion was important to me, because passing “the Marilyn test” is ...

Today is American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s Giving Day, a time to celebrate the incredible work being done to support agricultural education and recognize all the educators, staff and ...

1.9 million farms dot America’s rural landscape, and 95% are operated by families – individuals, family partnerships or family corporations (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022). Family farms and ranches ...

Credit...Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times; source photographs by wwing, Fotoforce, Clara Bastian, DaydreamsGirl and Mercedes Rancaño Otero, via Getty ...

This article was written by Stacey Stearns, educational program administrator for UConn Extension, based in Storrs, Conn. Organic versus conventional agriculture. Industrial versus sustainable. GMO ...

Farmers remain cautiously optimistic about the agricultural economy (Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer/James Mintert). Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and CHICAGO — Agricultural producer ...

For all the growing, tending, labor, sweat and tears that go into food production in the United States, agriculture and its related industries are business—big business—amounting to about 5.5 percent ...