The economic contribution of food and agriculture, and critically its domestic presence within the U.S., is essential to food ...

Severe weather events are growing in both frequency and intensity in the era of climate change – and the economic toll taken ...

Farm bill crop subsidy program payments are based on a farm’s fixed historical production. Proposals to update these production bases are again gaining favor in 2023. Updating the crop base used for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Corn grows in a field in southeastern South Dakota in August 2023. (Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight) Corn grows in a ...

U.S. corn production is no small potatoes. In 2023 alone, corn farming contributed an estimated $151 billion to the U.S. economy, including $62 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).¹ The ...

However, the research found a second, more powerful driver: economic despair. In agricultural communities, extreme cold can kill crops and livestock, potentially destroying a family's livelihood in a ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Implementing no-till farming and other conservation practices can be great for your farm’s soil health and overall environment. But many have concerns when it comes to the cost of ...

Introduction -- Economic and ecological aspects of diversification of tropical tree crops -- Chapter 1. Diversification of cocoa farms in Côte d'Ivoire: complementarity of and competition from rubber ...