Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to ...

For specialty crop farmers, 2025 has offered little relief from mounting financial pressures. Markets that once delivered stable margins are now marked by volatility, while production expenses ...

While FBA and ECAP payments are an important and welcome step in addressing near-term financial stress, they do not fully ...

The theme that consumed the crops side of agriculture in 2024 was this: tighter margins with producers from coast to coast searching for ways to cut back “It’s no secret 2024 was a tough year across ...

As heat and water scarcity increase, farmers have to adjust their strategies to ensure good production. The bottom line is important, but so is conserving non-renewable resources. Dry farming is one ...

Regenerative agriculture methods, such as cover crops, are one way farmers try to improve the health of their overworked soil ...

Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

Solar panels are no longer just lining barn roofs and field edges, they are rising directly above rows of vegetables, orchards and vineyards, reshaping how food and power are produced on the same ...

For the last several decades, the default path for American farmers and ranchers has been increasing specialization of the agricultural activities on their operations. In 1949, American farmers ...

University of Minnesota's Southern Research and Outreach Center’s Winter Crops Day draws growers weighing fertilizer ...