farming

As AI's use surges across the globe, so it is helping African farmers access new information to identify crop diseases, forecast drought, design fertilizers to boost yields, and even locate an affordable tractor. read more >

Experts estimate the cost to farmers, timber growers and other agribusinesses from Florida to Virginia will reach more than $10 billion. read more >

The new funds include $101 million to continue work to prevent, test, track and treat animals and humans potentially affected by the virus. read more >

While their increasingly high-tech tractors or combines sit impotent, a hailstorm could decimate a crop or a farmer could miss the ideal planting window, farmers said. read more >

In addition to the cost of the government response that the USDA tallied up and rising prices for eggs, chicken and turkey, farmers who raise those animals have easily lost more than $1 billion. read more >

The manufacturers argue that changing the current practice with this type of legislation would force companies to expose trade secrets. read more >

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, is sponsoring legislation to include agriculture as a factor in national security decisions allowing foreign real estate investments. read more >

Henson is one of 77 volunteer farmer leaders serving on the United Soybean Board from 29 states. read more >

The 1,200-acre working ranch is located in Perryville, about 45 minutes from Heifer's headquarters in Little Rock. read more >

The lawsuit filed by Ben Crump, a Florida-based civil rights attorney known for representing family members of George Floyd and other Black people killed by police, stems from congressional approval of $5 billion in debt relief for thousands of farmers of color. read more >

Eight years into a U.S. program to control damage from feral pigs, the invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a multibillion-dollar plague on farmers, wildlife and the environment. read more >

The Arkansas FireSMART service allows producers can select the area they plan to burn on a map and the application will generate real-time weather data, letting producers know if current conditions align with the state’s Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines. read more >

Farmers assisted by the program have been found by the USDA to be distressed borrowers hard hit by pandemic-induced market disruptions exacerbated by more frequent, more intense, climate-driven natural disasters. read more >

Instead of growing to meet the demand, the number of farmers converting to organic is actually dropping. read more >

The projects are part of an initiative aimed at helping developing countries and emerging democracies strengthen their agricultural sectors. read more >

The program is meant to cover some expenses for workers who bought their own protective equipment or took unpaid leave because of COVID-19. read more >