The storm inflicted huge losses on North Carolina farms. As many farmers wait for aid to flow, some wonder whether they can — ...

Updated 2024 crop and rangeland damage estimates highlight the devastating impact of natural disasters on U.S. farm ...

Image by CIMMYT via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Corn is one of Mexico’s most sacred crops and, while its original production dates back some 10,000 years, its emergence as a hot-button political ...

Agritourism boomed during COVID and is still growing thanks to city dwellers seeking peace and solitude and farmers seeking ...

Jonathan Smith, a field crop agent with NC Cooperative Extension in Pitt County, knows the cost of the extremes. Last year, the second-driest June on record stymied the corn crop, causing millions ...

Farmers whose crops are used to make food ... survive as a family farm only farming," said Catherine Topel, 56, a North Carolina hog producer who hosts an Airbnb cabin and campsites through ...

A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed large differences in ...

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released its 2024 vegetable summary report on the nation’s production ...

The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump ...

The U.S. Courts reports that 216 farm bankruptcies were filed in 2024, up 55% from 2023. This is still 64% lower than the all ...