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American farms are flavored by every fiber and frailty known to mankind — and each tale needs protection. Enter Vance Crowe and a unique preservation project.

All farmers suffer injuries, but the unbreakable Ward Henry was a breed apart: drill rollover, shooting, anaphylactic shock, amputation, and PTO mangling.

Welcome to a tale too insane for fiction: a cottonmouth farmer seeking a snake venom crop for harvest.

Is private land a federal playground? The government claims a phenomenally powerful right—access and surveillance on every inch of farmland, hunting ground, and pasture in the U.S., without warrant or probable cause.

The shotgun houses and clapboard shacks are gone, but a child's toy lingers in farmland rows. Time, tillage and rainfall reveal the sharecropper's last testament: clusters of magnificent clay, agate and glass marbles.

What happens when Dog the Bounty Hunter, agriculture, tomatoes, pickles, worms, survival bunkers, miracle juice, and a bizarre flimflam man get dumped in cauldron? Welcome to a swindle and chase for the ages.

China is the kingpin customer of U.S. ag commodities while openly attempting to destroy America’s position atop the global ladder. Does the odd paradox portend feast or famine for U.S. farmers?

Has the bizarre 40-year-old mystery been solved surrounding the identity of a mummified coon dog trapped in an oak tree?

Sacrifice: Joseph Sparacio will plant no seed and tend no crops in 2020. Instead, the farmer-patriot has left behind everything he loves to answer the call of duty.

When Sesame Street knocked, Casey Cox threw open the door on her Georgia farm and grabbed an opportunity to take U.S. agriculture to a new audience.

What sex-crazed, eating machine gorges on a portion of profit from every farm, ranch, dairy, storage bin, hog barn, feed mill and grain elevator on the planet? Guess rat, and guess right.

Take good care of cows, topsoil and water, and good things happen.

An American farming story: When Mike Wagner spliced a vertical business approach with ultra-conservation, he created one of the most unique agriculture operations in the United States.

The gospel of high yields at all costs has a new apostate. A switch to a no till cover crop system changed Johnny Hunter's entire management dynamic and provided a booster shot to weed control, irrigation efficiency and overall soil health.

Major opportunities are aligning for bamboo production in the United States, and even a small slice of the global market could bring windfall profits to American agriculture.

Historical fruit is making a return thanks to science

J.D. Dulaney’s truck is transformed into a rolling shop on wheels

Kulan prototype redefines simple but versatile utility.

SUSTAIN platform addresses consumers needs with yield and farmer profitability in mind.

Sustainability demands from major food companies are steadily increasing. Why? There is a growing recognition that sustainability isn’t a feel-good proposition and as food-related businesses delve into the supply chain, sustainability makes for good market sense -- whether from the perspective of a farmer or a major company.

Pushed by his past and guided by what he feels is a divine call -- a life of service through agriculture -- former NFL star Jason Brown’s road to farmland is a most unlikely tale.

Adequate capacity during demand surges is key to export efficiencies

Spies in the furrows. Rat smells a cig. Golden banana agoniste. Water salvation from a slingshot. Cattle rustlers and AK-47s. A pig's life. Turning milk into beer.