Those who have signed agreements with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are nervously awaiting word on whether they will get ...

Kevin Leavitt was just three days away from getting a $45,000 check from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help pay for the newly installed solar array at his organic vegetable farm in West ...

Funding for projects such as cattle water infrastructure and crop erosion initiatives is currently under review, affecting ...

Chellie Pingree, D-1st District. Maine Farmland Trust, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Maine Farmland Trust and Maine Farm Bureau visited Washington this week to discuss it.

A new federal bill would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to work for their parents' logging businesses in a bid to generate ...

Information on how many employees have been laid off at the Agriculture Department and in what divisions is still incomplete. Here is a rundown of what has been reported over the long holiday weekend.

What are the best Minecraft farms? There’s nothing quite like reaching the depths of a dark and gloomy cave before realizing you’ve forgotten to bring food with you, or trying to breed your ...

1.9 million farms dot America’s rural landscape, and 95% are operated by families – individuals, family partnerships or family corporations (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022). Family farms and ranches ...