But the push to bolster organic farming practices comes as certified organic acreage ... Of the state’s 24.2 million acres used to grow crops and raise livestock in 2022, some 1.8 million acres were ...

So planting cover crops on his entire 1,400 acres of row cropland costs $56,000 a year — all to cultivate a crop he can’t sell, although grazing his cows on those cover crops does save him an ...

The popularity of farming agave is taking off in California, with climate change motivating growers to consider planting drought-tolerant crops. With all that buzz, UC Organic Agriculture Institute ...

Yet there’s a major hurdle: Less than 1 % of U.S. farmland is USDA-certified organic, even though consumer demand for organic food is growing rapidly. Transitioning to regenerative organic farming ...

Planted Acres Soar As Mother Nature Plays Nice (For A Few Days) A handful of rain-free days were a perfect recipe for spring planting — and farmers took full advantage of the opportunity.

After moving to a 4-1/2 acre property in Ohio nearly five years ago, columnist Sarah Beachy has made it her mission to grow ...

The removal of fencerows across Illinois has had significant, and often unseen, consequences for our environment, from ...