Big lobby interests like John Deere, the National Farmer's Union and large oil refiners are working together to expand ethanol mandates in the farm bill.

As a massive farm bill heads toward a House floor vote this week, its more than 300 amendments and disputes over key provisions are raising questions about whether the bipartisan coalition behind the legislation can hold.

A sweeping law that governs crop insurance, conservation programs, and nutrition assistance is up at one of the toughest moments for farmers in recent memory.

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 tune into the natural instincts of the livestock (such as ...

Guests attending The Big E‘s Farm-A-Rama running Sept. 12-28 will get to check out “an all-new urban farming exhibit,” according to organizers. “Harvesting Change: Urban Farming in New England features an outdoor urban garden at the entrance of ...

The start of a new school year and the warm glow of Friday Night Lights signals the end of summer and the start of fall. Those same indicators also portend – every four years, anyways – the impending presidential election season. And while presidential ...

LOWELL — Nestled in a corner of Pawtucketville, and accessed via a one-lane dirt path barely visible between towering pine trees, sits an urban oasis called the Big Urban Farm. The four-acre space — slightly bigger than the footprint of a Costco ...