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Reduce threats from instability and shrink to corn silage.

“Why do you insist on bashing organic farmers?”

How one Minnesota farm raises healthy calves that turn into productive cows.

As Greg Dell reviews the three years he and his family have spent developing a succession plan for their Westminster, Md., farm, he remembers how overwhelmed everyone was by the process in the beginning.

Such crop switching is one sign of a sweeping transformation going on in California--the nation’s biggest agricultural state by value--driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future.

Governor Jerry Brown and California Democratic lawmakers enlisted business support of a $7.2 billion plan composed mostly of new bonds for water storage and delivery to drought-stricken cities and farms.

Neglecting these in dairy rations can have lasting impacts on cow health.

Spent grain from craft brewing is popular as livestock feed, but it has several other interesting uses.

U.S. food companies must take a more active role in ensuring the crops are grown in a way that minimizes damage to water, soil, and environment, a report released Wednesday said.

It’s a critical juncture for the Cotton Research and Promotion Program, according to Cotton Board Chairman Gary Ross.