Per capita food production has declined across Africa for most of the postcolonial period, and exporters of cash crops have lost market share to Asian producers. These failures matter because a ...

Whether you traverse wineries on the West Coast or drive through the cornfield-rich Midwest, agriculture surrounds you. In fact, half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture. From your ...

Food shortages are a serious concern for the world’s population. While genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have developed as an answer to challenges like population growth and climate change, some ...

Years ago, when I was a college student, I returned one weekend to my family farm. It was calving season, and as soon as I arrived home, my father drafted me to help him check the cows and newborn ...

MOLINE, Illinois -- The Cambridge FFA program returned to News 8 Wednesday, March 20 for an agriculture lesson on the first day of spring. Chapter Historian Bradleigh Schaefer and Chapter Reporter ...

The typical pioneer farmer in Ohio grew wheat, corn, oats, apples, peaches, hay and other grains for livestock feed. Important livestock included dairy and beef cattle, sheep, and hogs. Crop and ...

EMMETT, Idaho — March is National Agriculture Month, which recognizes and educates people about the contribution agriculture makes to our everyday lives. What better place to spark that interest than ...

CHARLESTON — Aiken County teacher John Kassel was among 50 educators from across the South Carolina who recently learned how to bring agriculture into their classrooms. The South Carolina Farm Bureau ...

Second-graders in Haley Broussard’s class at Dozier Elementary in Erath are just as likely to witness plant and animal life cycles in real-time as they are to read about them. Broussard, the daughter ...