The stopgap deal to avoid a government shutdown includes $10 billion in direct payments for farmers, $21 bllion in ag disaster aid, a one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill and year-round E15.

Carefully selected work gloves protect hands and improve grip to make farm and ranch work safer and easier. Here’s how to find the right glove for the job.

Many dealerships offer annual inspections of tractors, combines, planters and other big-ticket machinery. Some farmers value annual inspections. Others consider them a waste of money. Here’s a mechanic’s experience and opinion.

A half mile under the vast prairie soils of Saskatchewan, Canada, miners employed by Nutrien Ag Solutions work 12-hour shifts, 24/7, digging into a 350-million-year-old dry seabed to deliver potash, a necessary macronutrient to grow high-yielding corn and soybeans. “When you’re underground, you’ll see rock that predates the dinosaurs,” say Les Frehlich, general manager at Nutrien's Allan potash mine.