“The day will come, probably in the near future, when prophylactically killing pests and weeds with toxic chemicals and neurotoxins will seem primitive and irresponsible,” Mary-Howell Martens of ...

Each year, dozens of American farmers are injured or killed after they climb into a grain bin. A father-son duo from Aurora founded their company, Grain Weevil, with one mission: No boots in the grain ...

Hot and dry weather is expected for the next week or two, but forecasts vary on how dry August will be. Any weather shift could shake up the market. Debates continue if the areas where crops look ...

The Des Moines Register was the latest publication to put out an article warning of a decline in the number of mid-sized farms. It is hard to argue with their analysis except we’ve heard it too many ...

From 9 to 5, Terry Ellis works as an engineer for defense contractor Northrop-Grumman in San Diego. At night, and on weekends, he’s a serious sourdough bread baker—and an aspiring grain farmer. Expand ...

MOREAU, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Dancing Grain Farm Brewery, a field-to-glass farm and brewery in Saratoga County, opened in August but has its official grand opening at the end of October. Owner Rachel ...

Since 1990, domestic farm acreage has significantly diminished due to economic and climate pressures. Often land becomes more valuable for development than farming, leading traditional farm fields to ...

Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. On an August morning in Minneapolis, I sat at a wooden table inside the Birchwood Cafe, a bright, cheerful restaurant a ...

Jimmy Horn watches soybeans drain Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at the Premier Cooperative grain elevator on Rising Road just west of Champaign. A device to test grain for moisture content is shown ...