Inflation is driving up the cost of things like fertilizer, which drives up the cost of growing hay and feeding horses.

Since the river isn’t as deep as it normally is, some barges have had to lighten their loads.

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.

Growers agreed to a plan that requires all irrigators to reduce their water use over time, instead of using a senior water rights strategy.

“We’d like to think that we’re responsible for high demand but it’s really the weather,” says Al Rose of Red Apple Farm.

On a Minnesota egg farm, visitors embrace a more intimate agritourism experience — in which they sleep and even work on the farm.

The trees are easy to grow, but the berries are fragile and have a shorter shelf life compared to other fruits.

Patrick Smith, CEO of Loftus Ranches, is fighting inflation as well. Some fertilizer materials have nearly doubled in a year or two, he says.

Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes is “at least two and a half weeks” behind due to wet weather.