The former dairyman said it without emotion, like someone remarking that one-half inch of rain fell the night before. He and I, his wife and two teenage children, were seated at the kitchen table, ...
GRANITE FALLS — For some, their memories of the Farm Crisis of the 1980s begin with a knock on the door on Christmas Eve, and a man delivering a letter informing them they have 30 days to leave the ...
A newspaper article that recently appeared in the New York Times is attention grabbing. The Times, which lacks a reputation for paying much attention to agriculture, published a story quoting former ...
New Jersey soybean and corn farmer Patrick Giberson says a tough agriculture economy means he's unlikely to buy new equipment in the near future. (Kim Chipman photo) U.S. crop growers facing a third ...
Facing tumbling commodity prices and livestock prices that are a mixed bag at best, American farm families are struggling to keep their heads above water; and the farm bill that is supposed to provide ...