Illinois agriculture faces no shortage of challenges: from volatile markets to rising input costs to increasingly unpredictable weather. What receives far less attention is the quiet infrastructure th ...

Carolyn Jones never thought it was controversial to herd her cattle to different parts of her 200-acre ranch in northeastern Mississippi to give the grass time to grow back between grazing. “This is ...

Advocates for reducing atmospheric carbon hope some initiatives would survive in a Trump administration. In 2021, the Biden administration put a new twist on an old program that pays farmers to keep ...

Commentary: Across Illinois, Soil and Water Conservation Districts serve as the boots on the ground, trusted by farmers because they work alongside them.

After months of talking about climate-smart agriculture and working with a handful of funding recipients, USDA is now investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects under the first Partnerships for ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture published an interim rule establishing guidelines for climate-smart crops used as biofuel feedstocks, as well as a Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. FRENCHMANS BAYOU, Ark. — Will ...

A new Farm Journal poll conducted on behalf of Invest in Our Land across 10 leading agricultural states shows that American farmers and ranchers overwhelmingly believe conservation funding has an ...

As the federal government throws climate progress in reverse, Minnesota builds a model for state-led climate action across ...

America’s farms don’t just run on corn and cattle. They also run on cash from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Every year, the USDA spends billions of dollars to keep farmers in business. It hands ...

AI in agriculture is transforming farming with data, automation and precision tools. Learn how farmers boost yields, reduce ...

Farmer Will Tipton holds a radish, one of the cover crops he's using. Some scientists worry that the climate benefits of cover crops and other regenerative agriculture practices are oversold. Climate ...