Kevlar finds a new use: Protecting tractors from cornstalks
Adriene Hill Aug 1, 2012
The stalks of genetically modified corn are tough, so tough that they're puncturing tractor tires. Farmers are fighting back.
So you want to be a farmer...
Tess Vigeland Jul 3, 2012
Thanks to a commodity boom and advanced computer technology, farming is a pretty big business these days -- for some.
U.N. hopes to limit foreign farmland investment
Adriene Hill Mar 26, 2012
The U.N. wants limits on the amount of farmland foreign investors can buy up around the world. The organization will vote on new voluntary guidelines in mid-May.
Congress considers rules about child labor on farms
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson Feb 2, 2012
The government was set to impose new rules limiting the work kids are allowed to do on farms, but those rules are being reconsidered after an outcry from farmers.
Robot tractors. Robot tractors? Robot tractors!
John Moe Sep 20, 2011
What happens when a tractor maker and a robot designer combine forces? Timing is everything on the farm. If you want to get your crops in at the...
