Technology is transforming agriculture, creating high-tech, high-paying jobs and attracting a diverse workforce to farming.

The global population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

Last year’s initial net farm income forecast showed the two largest consecutive declines in net farm income history, the picture seems to be improving in 2025. According to USDA’s Economic Research ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As National Ag Week continues and we look ahead to National Ag Day, there is a growing effort to recognize a group that has always been central to agriculture’s success, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. An international team of researchers conducted a 12-month ...

A Minnesota House bill seeks to prohibit dominant retailers from obtaining an ownership interest in livestock dealers or meat packing companies, and certain exclusive contracts are prohibited.

As Nebraska's director of agriculture, and a rancher myself, it is a distinct honor and privilege to celebrate National Agriculture Week each year. This annual recognition is a time to ...

Nearly $200,000 was paid out for damages to livestock caused by wolves in fiscal year 2025, according to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Some of those costs are carryovers from the previous ...