According to the United States government and industry projections, the agricultural and food sectors supported about 22.1 million jobs in 2022, and growth is expected. Those exploring agriculture as ...
For anyone who’s dreamed of becoming the owner of their own farm, the journey can feel daunting. Between business planning, ...
As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.
At a time when farmers continue to navigate tight margins, elevated input costs and ongoing market uncertainty, Farm Credit ...
On my family farm in Georgia, every season begins with the same basic question: will the numbers work? Like farmers across the country, my family looks at the cost of seed, fertilizer, feed, fuel, and ...
High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...
Vertical farms produce more food with fewer resources and less waste by delivering dense crop yields from stacked growing layers in controlled indoor environments. When most of us think about farming, ...
The Open Agriculture (OpenAg) initiative would create an agricultural intelligence ecosystem that could benefit farmers and ...
Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As a result, many farmers worldwide are seeing crop yields become smaller and less ...
Disaster relief, farm bill passage, FARM Act, crop insurance and improved commodity prices are all things farmers will be looking at in an effort to plan budgets in the new year. Hail damage was just ...
Global food systems face intertwined challenges of environmental degradation, malnutrition, rural poverty, and social inequity. Conventional agricultural ...