farmers

A big reason fertilizer is through the roof? Still-climbing natural gas prices.

Dewayne Goldmon of the Agriculture Department sees the aid as narrowing the economic gap between farmers of color and white farmers.

For some, insurance money is coming in, but according to one farmer, “it never makes you whole.”

As farm work, and COVID risk, pick up through the spring and summer, getting vaccines into the arms of workers is a priority.

“They are on the front lines of the food production industry in this country,” said Patrick Smith, who runs Loftus Ranches.

The state is limiting natural gas to human resource use, like heating homes.

Demand for garlic is up during the COVID pandemic as more people cook at home.

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

According to a Purdue University survey, they’re feeling more positive than they have since the pandemic began.

As water becomes increasingly scarce, buying futures contracts may help businesses reliant on water keep prices down.