Crops

After a cold spring and unseasonably hot and dry summer, Patrick Smith of Yakima is seeing some abnormalities in when his crops mature.

Unfavorable weather in the Southeast and Midwest has made for a national peach shortage. The lack of supply means prices have climbed between 25-50% this summer in some markets.

Solid earnings posted by the farm equipment maker show many farmers had cash to spend, but that's no guarantee for the year ahead.

April Hemmes was in the "Goldilocks spot" when it came to weather.

In South Texas, two reservoirs supply water to both sides of the border. For the past few years, they’ve struggled to remain half-full.

Anne Schwagerl, co-owns and operates Prairie Point Farm in Minnesota, where she's experimenting with new crops.

Growing chiles, a way of life in southern New Mexico, is under pressure.

Climate change has arrived in American agriculture, and it could cause profits to drop 30% over the next 30 to 50 years.

Growers are racing to plant corn, soybeans and wheat before it's too late.

Some crops from U.S. farmers losing money from a trade spat with China will be redirected to food banks across the country.