Over the years Seth Watkins has won praise for the way he farms. Pinhook Farm, in southern Iowa, grows diverse crops without commercial fertilizers and with limited pesticides. It also tries to tune ...

Living near a poultry farm in North Carolina can reduce a home’s value by up to 30%, according to a Duke University study. That finding comes as the number of birds North Carolina poultry farms raise ...

Of the $12 billion the administration will send to farmers, $11 billion is reserved for ranchers and major row crop farmers.

Since the 1990s, hog farms have gotten bigger, more specialized and more productive, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Environmental Research Service. The number of ...

President Joe Biden's administration Tuesday rejected pleas to strengthen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways, promising more study instead. The ...

ZEELAND TOWNSHIP, MI -- A large-scale commercial solar farm proposed for Ottawa County is getting pushback from residents. Township planners previously have said the project could be as large as 1,100 ...

A few years back, the Internet was abuzz with the idea of vertical farms running down the sides of urban towers, with the idea that growing crops where they’re actually consumed could eliminate the ...

In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic shorelines and celebrated vineyards, hundreds of brown-bodied hens waddle around a large barn at Weber Family Farms. “You provide them a ...

In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic shorelines and celebrated vineyards, hundreds of brown-bodied hens waddle around a large barn at Weber Family Farms. "You provide them a ...

The 2024 legislative session turned out to be a banner year for Tennessee’s largest corporations and biggest farmers — at the expense of state and local government bottom lines. Not only did Gov. Bill ...

A controversial ban on large animal farms in Sonoma County appears to be heading for a major defeat, as early returns show 85% of the voters rejecting Measure J. The citizen initiative would have ...

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