Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Livestock farming has repeatedly come under the microscope in ...

On a hilltop field in Rush County, Kevin Wiltse stabbed his spade into plant residue-encrusted earth and turned over a shovelful of dark soil. He knelt, scooped up a fistful of moist, porous ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. FRENCHMANS BAYOU, Ark. — Will ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the potential of python farming as a novel form of livestock for commercial use. Livestock rearing has ...

Montana agriculture depends on a reliable workforce to remain productive, competitive, and sustainable. Yet, across our state, ranchers and farmers are facing an escalating labor shortage that ...

For Scott Wolverton, the path to Nashville didn’t begin under bright stage lights or inside a recording studio. It started on a cattle farm in southeast Nebraska — where early mornings, livestock ...

A series of policy changes and legal defeats have not stopped Minnesota deer farmers from continuing to pursue the profession they enjoy. But their days of farming are currently numbered.