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Consumers and animal rights activists are changing the way livestock are handled in the country, but there are groups trying to be proactive in bridging the gap between producers and shoppers.

With a management plan, you can successfully prevent conflict from hurting your operation.

A jury awarded more than $4 million to the family of a farmworker electrocuted by a Southern California Edison power line.

Land grant university leaders and farmers will tell you that ag majors have their pick of jobs when they graduate, but that message has not reached the general public.

April means hard work for farmers. You’re getting up at 3 a.m. You feel like you’re working around the clock. You’re tired. Your nerves are raw. Your temper is ready to flare at the slightest aggravation.

To show your farm team you care, keep open lines of communication and provide incentives for a job well done.

Britain’s farmers rely on foreign workers to pick strawberries and raise chickens. Brexit puts that model at risk.

If President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on illegal immigration leads to large-scale deportations, among those hurt could be the U.S. economy.

These tips can determine whether your farm flourishes or founders

The labor situation for U.S. agriculture has only worsened in recent years.