farming

Crude oil, fertilizer, and diesel prices are up. These increases due to the war in the Middle East are putting pressure on farmers, while the oil industry is poised to benefit.

Karlanea Brown, co-owner of RDM Aquaculture in Fowler, Indiana, talks about the business of raising and selling shrimp.

Freezing temperatures and ice of the past weekend have impacted industries from timber to sugar cane, crawfish to cattle.

Growing cover crops can be expensive. And could take years for environmental benefits to appear.

Owner Jessie Dean says sales have been strong this year — even without a new manufacturing and retail space.

Demand for beef is high at the same time that cattle inventory is low — and ranchers are cautious about investing in growing their herds at a time of economic uncertainty.

Aerial crop planting and treatment takes off.

At Jack’s Solar Garden in Colorado, crops grow amid the solar panels.

After ten years of living on a small rural farm, Laura and Sam Griggs moved their family into a city. 

Experiments in agrivoltaics offer a respite to extreme heat, and provide land access for new farmers.