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"We're concerned for farmers." Farmers devastated as severe weather threatens key crops: 'This is a difficult year' first ...
U.S. agriculture is on the brink of a financial shakeout that will be the worse since the farm crisis of the 1980s. This is ...
Nearly three quarters of US farmers say this year’s drought is hurting their harvest – with significant crop and income loss, according to a new survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation ...
Trevor Hadwin, an agri-climate specialist with the department, said southwest Saskatchewan, near the Alberta boundary, has ...
When Lynsey Gammon first started Gracie's Farm in Wanship, Summit County, the soil was dry and barren. Seven years later, her ...
When Maryland offered farmers about $20 per acre to plant cover crops, some farmers signed up, but not enough of them. It took more generous payments to convince the majority of farmers to get on ...
Fertilizer runoff is fueling the toxic algae bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Farmers could help by growing crops in rotation to reduce the need for fertilizer. But it's unclear who will buy them.