The spirit of agricultural entrepreneurship is alive and well, embodied in the business ventures of hard-charging producers. Three such farmers are stepping back from a complete focus on bulk ...

Researchers argue agriculture needs to remember its primitive roots. Today’s agriculture’s most important metric is yield: how many cows, bushels, or tons can be grown per acre. This relentless ...

Most people choose a major in hopes that they will get a job in that field eventually, but not Annie Stegink ’09. Stegink had one thing on her mind from day one of studying civic and environmental ...

CRYSTAL, N.D. — Statistically, today’s Americans are at least three generations removed from the family farm. America’s farming and ranching families only make up 2% of the country's population, ...

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Chairman Timothy Rhodd (right) and two other members of the executive committee, Cheyenne Colborn (middle) and Tony Fee (left), show off a pear tree in the tribe's ...

Princeton University's Vertical Farming Project began at a conference in 2016 when the topic turned to increasing the crop yield of hydroponic systems — wherein plants are grown indoors without soil ...

Agricultural robots assist farmers with precision tasks without replacing human workers, enhancing efficiency and productivity. Harvesting and planting robots use advanced technology to optimize yield ...

The Farm Credit Knowledge Center has launched an on-demand learning platform called the AgHub, which houses a host of educational portals covering an array of agricultural topics. Access to the AgHub ...

In the dense jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, an invisible laser beam slices through the canopy, bouncing off the earth and back to the airplane it came from… LiDAR technology has been used in ...

CASSELTON, N.D. — There are grand plans for the Grand Farm, which seeks to be on the cutting edge of agriculture research at its campus near Casselton, North Dakota, west of Fargo. While there are no ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- A grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow Missouri veterans to have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of farming. The $750,000 grant was ...