Last year’s initial net farm income forecast showed the two largest consecutive declines in net farm income history, the picture seems to be improving in 2025. According to USDA’s Economic Research ...

When livestock numbers drop, for instance, unchecked plant growth can increase wildfire risk. Biodiversity might recover in ...

Nebraska producers diversify with poultry and cattle operations while adopting robotic technology to address labor shortages.

With Congress back in session, legislators will take up a set of issues they haven’t comprehensively addressed since 2018 – the year the last farm bill passed. Farm bills are massive pieces of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Livestock farming has repeatedly come under the microscope in ...

Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A new study examines the effect of social and ...

Democratic lawmakers are renewing the effort to end what they call “factory farming.” What the group calls as a broad coalition comprised of animal welfare, public health and sustainable agriculture, ...

This is the second in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture. John Boelts is president of Arizona Farm Bureau. He continues a ...

Ty Murphy brushes his hog's hair at the Missouri State Fair. Murphy shows animals through 4-H and FFA and received a grant that helped him start his own goat business. SEDALIA — On a hot and humid ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Krasny is a professor at Cornell University. Feb 03, 2025, 01:15pm EST Feb 04, 2025, 09:14am EST Dairy cattle in a ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. FRENCHMANS BAYOU, Ark. — Will ...