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Do you agree with the following statement: “I have access to all the information I want about where my food comes from, how it’s produced and its safety”? A new study from the Center for Food Integrity (CFI) says only a minority of consumers do.

Feeding high levels of forage requires a positive mindset of the entire farm team.

Even the best rations can be undermined by management issues and unknown or unaccounted-for herd dynamics.

Energy independence has been a goal of every president since Richard Nixon, but it remains elusive.

How can the next farm bill keep U.S. producers competitive in good times - and bad? The Global Harvest Initiative has some ideas.

Officials in Idaho can now issue search warrants to find a pest in potato fields.

It’s mere days before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro begin, and Julio Natalense is excited for the athletes about to compete on this world stage – but he’s just as excited about a herd of cattle several hundred miles to the north in the Brazilian state of Matto Grosso. Why?

This million investment is in addition to existing funding for programs like the Environmental Quality Initiatives Program (EQIP), Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

Most people saw an abandoned intercity parking lot. Benjamin Kant saw opportunity.

Many hands make light the load. This sentiment has inspired hundreds of volunteers to participate in the twice-annual “Wabash Sampling Blitz,” which collects water samples from 206 sites across the Wabash River Watershed.