The House and Senate are now in conference and are close to agreement on legislation reauthorizing most farm programs for the next 10 years, incorporating elements from the Farm Security Act (H.R.

House and Senate Agriculture committee leaders released summaries of proposed farm bills Wednesday as they ramp up action on agricultural policy legislation, but they remain divided on food stamp ...

Lyson describes how, in the course of a hundred years, a small-scale, diversified system of farming became an industrialized system of production and also how this industrialized system has gone ...

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Regenerative agriculture emphasizes soil health and sustainable farming practices, but competing certification standards leave farmers and consumers uncertain about what the term actually means.

Scientists have evaluated the impacts of row-crop agriculture, including the traditional use of pesticides, on honey bee health. Results indicated hive health was positively correlated to the presence ...