Because this hefty fruit doesn't ripen off the vine. In the peak of summer, there’s nothing quite like the simple pleasure of a perfectly ripe watermelon. But how to tell if a watermelon is ripe at ...

Tax receipts are down almost 30 percent in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime ...

Thanksgiving has a reputation for being a relaxing transition between two of the year’s most anticipated holidays. But for people in the poultry business, this easy-going perception isn’t on the table ...

Hickman's Family Farms, Arizona's largest egg producer, was sold. What's next for the company? Hickman's Family Farms, the largest egg farm in Arizona, announced over the weekend that it will be sold ...

Michigan EGLE has outlined new provisions for its permitting of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs, related to how the large farms handle their animal wastes. CAFOs will now be ...

With more than half a million solar panels standing 9ft 10in (3m) off the ground, Cleve Hill Solar Park near Faversham, in Kent, is an imposing site. It is the biggest solar park in the country and ...

The electric utility for the Anchorage area has approved plans to build what could be largest solar farm in Alaska. Chugach Electric Association is looking to build up to a 10-megawatt solar farm at ...

The Neptunes won their international award through the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth organization for three watermelons with a combined total weight of 857.8 pounds. "It's a life-time accomplishment for ...

State Farm, Florida's third-largest auto insurer, is reducing rates by an average of 10% for its policyholders. This reduction, combined with previous cuts, amounts to a total of $1 billion in savings ...

One of the common myths about solar panels is that using them to produce electricity isn't worth the expense. The Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA, would disagree, with "more than 8,100 ...

Our drive to get clean energy means that companies are starting to invest in larger, more powerful solar farms. These facilities use solar panels to generate renewable energy from sunlight, giving ...

About 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia, workers have been building America’s largest offshore wind farm at a breakneck pace. The project will start feeding power to the grid by March ...