Grazing is regarded as one particularly beneficial practice to biodiversity on farms, especially if it is practiced on ...

Years ago, I researched and wrote an Agweek cover package on the growing popularity of organic agriculture nationwide. The story was based mainly on a youngish organic farmer who had invested a great ...

This week, I received an email from a reader in response to last week’s column on three ways to grow agriculture advocacy. The opening line of the email said: “Does that mean you don't want to hear ...

Most July mornings, Charlotte Maffie rises with the alarm at 5:30 a.m., sleepily dons her “stinky, stinky chore clothes” and heads to the red barn to begin the daily morning tasks of greeting and ...

Summertime on the farm is in full effect. We seem to awaken a bit earlier with the sun to accomplish tasks before the heat of the day sets in. We also seem to go to bed much later to take advantage of ...

If you wanted to produce food at the lowest cost to the environment, what methods would you use? Would you select modern farming methods (large-scale, specialized, mechanized and increasingly digital) ...

Whole farms and a sizeable block of land feature in this week’s new launches. With 242 acres in a ring-fence, extensive ...

When two young members of a farming community in North Carolina fell in love, there was nothing stopping them—except the generations-old blood feud between their families. When their elopement plans ...