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The Lambing Field

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice... (more)

Frances Valdes
March 26, 2023
US Explores Vaccinating Chickens In Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

A vaccine for avian flu could be on the way to a chicken coop near... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
March 9, 2023
Meet the Modern Graziers Who Broke Into Regenerative Agriculture, No Farmland Required

When James Allen and his wife, Katie, started Heritage Graziers in the summer of 2015,... (more)

Callie Radke Stevens
February 27, 2023
AI Can Track Bees on Camera. Here’s How That Will Help Farmers

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming.... (more)

Malika Nisal Ratnayake, Adrian Dyer, and Alan Dorin, The Conversation
February 18, 2023
I Was ‘The Goose Lady.’ Then Avian Flu Came For My Flock

The first bird was on the chicken coop floor, stiff and lifeless, when I came... (more)

Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
February 14, 2023
First Vaccine for Honey Bees Approved by USDA

The US Department of Agriculture has given conditional approval to a vaccine for honey bees,... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 10, 2023
Feed Ingredient for Dairy Cows Could Prove Harmful

Each year, New Zealand imports about 2 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE), a... (more)

Hadee Thompson-Morrison, Brett Robinson, Sally Gaw
January 7, 2023
Farmers Frustrated as Fertilizer Costs Soared in 2022

Lance Lillibridge, a farmer in east central Iowa, knows farming’s ups and downs. He has... (more)

Mónica Cordero Investigate Midwest/Report for America
December 29, 2022
Meet the Modern Farmer Using New Zealand Pigs to Restore a Former...

When Rachel Herrick bought a 47-acre farm in Cameron, NC, she had her work cut... (more)

Cindy Whitt
December 12, 2022