Meet Rudy Pate, Zoe Kent and Logan Yancey — three farmers under 30 years old who are grinding hard to pay the price of admission to agriculture. They sound off on the struggles, pressures and hopes of farming’s next generation.
The latest Ag Economy Barometer shows farmer sentiment has soured as crop prices have tumbled over the past month, but it's not all gloom and doom. Strong working capital can help address the downturn in farm country.
Nestled in an old barn sat 8,000 mason jars filled with soil dating back to 1862. Now the plan is to revisit the 450 sampling locations spanning 21 million crop acres for insights into soil fertility and conservation.
Naomi Gretter, Kari Berg and Sky Hahn share a lot in common: teaching, motherhood and pig farming. Here's why they quit their jobs and opened up a coffee truck in a quest to stop the "crazy life" and "grow slow."
Much to her disappointment, Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow says any increase in funding for programs will require reallocating money from other parts of the farm bill. She stressed she will not allow a cut in conservation funding.
