Elizabeth Eckelkamp receives funding from United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Systems and USDA - The National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Milton Orr looked ...

News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and conservationists. They argue such intelligent "sentient" creatures ...

Over the years Seth Watkins has won praise for the way he farms. Pinhook Farm, in southern Iowa, grows diverse crops without commercial fertilizers and with limited pesticides. It also tries to ...

The rearing of farmed animals today is dominated by industrialized facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs (often referred to as “factory farms”) that maximize profits by ...

The world of automated farming may be an unglamorous one to those not invested in its attractions, but like the robots themselves that quietly get on in the background with tending crops ...

In 1939, Max and Verda Foster founded Foster Farms, now the largest poultry processor in California. Foster Farms runs hatcheries, ranches, feed mills, processing plants and refrigerated delivery ...

Each day he sells 12,000 pounds of live tilapia to Asian markets from Washington, D.C., to Toronto, and he’s planning another farm on the West Coast. “My model is the poultry industry,” he says.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Monday that a woman who disappeared under what police in Winter Park called potentially suspicious circumstances has been found safe. CBI issued ...

Many players prefer real-world life simulation games like The Sims and Animal Crossing. Farming games are a beloved subgenre of life simulators, providing joy and ease. Various farming games offer ...

Oct. 2, 2024 — New research has found methane emissions from slurry stores on dairy farms may be up to five times greater than official statistics suggest -- and highlights the huge potential ...

Crisis, crisis, crisis... and guess what? More crises. Every time we hear that word, it all feels more daunting. But here's the thing: with every challenge comes an opportunity. From the ...

They discovered this was the best way to get the meat, bones and skin they needed to survive. Farming was born! Ever since, farmers have been breeding and taking care of animals that give them ...