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Agriculture in Onondaga County has rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic. But farms across the region are now being socked with inflation, making it harder for small farms to make ends meet.
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Chickpeas are growing in a farm field in Schuyler County this summer, a rarity in New York state. An experiment is underway to see if chickpeas, also…
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It's as dry as it's been in a century in parts of Washington and Oregon. Some farmers are watching their crops fail, while others are selling cattle because they don't have the grass to feed it.
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Total payments to farmers reached $46 billion, a record. Many received more than $100,000, yet didn't necessarily need the help.
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Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are protesting for a ninth straight day. They accuse the government of using the coronavirus crisis to push through market-based changes without consulting them.
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Some of the first GMOs – corn and cotton plants that have been genetically modified to fend off insects – are running into problems. Bugs have become resistant to them because they've been overused.
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Farm workers in California are facing the double health threat of working during the coronavirus pandemic and fire season. Wildfire smoke often makes the air quality dangerous for harvesting produce.
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There is a growing movement of young farmers led by people of color in the Northeast but barriers to accessing funding and land remain. The family behind Triple J Farm in Windsor, N.Y., knows this.
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America's vast fields of corn and soybeans have displaced wildlife and polluted waterways. Farmers could help solve those problems, but often don't, in part because they rent that land.
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New York State’s suicide rate has increased by almost 30 percent since 1999, following a nationwide trend, according to a report by the Centers for…