LINCOLN, Neb. — From the air, the spring landscape here is a vast expanse of brown farmland stretching out below, ready for farmers to dig in and plant their corn and soybeans, the state’s two top ...
Dairy cows wear their ear tags while eating feed at Vale Wood Farms in Loretto. Mirror photo by Colette Costlow About 4,000 farms operate in Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield, Centre and Huntingdon ...
As snowstorms barreled across the northern half of the country, early March delivered a balmy 77 degree afternoon to Eunice, Louisiana, where Michael Frugé was planting rice. "I always say, if you ...
New farming technology can help farmers be more efficient and maximize crop yields. But as Jana Rose Schleis reports, keeping up with the evolving technology can be useful but costly.
Of this, $9bn went to new research into boosting farm yields, up from $2.5bn in 2016. The boost comes at an opportune moment. Food markets have been beset by volatility in recent years, first as a ...
Dairy cows wear their ear tags while eating feed at Vale Wood Farms in Loretto. Mirror photo by Colette Costlow About 4,000 farms operate in Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Clearfield, Centre and Huntingdon ...