Whether a farmer has one cow or 1000, manure problems are the likeliest route to trouble with the neighbors.

The USDA has long been a major force behind agricultural innovation, from concentrated orange juice to sporting turf to new varieties of grapes.

Herding dogs are the most employable Americans around.

Hold onto your eggs, chickens might be the newest trend in therapy animals.

The CDC estimates that each year 1 in 6 Americans will get sick because of foodborne illness and 3,000 people will die. Yet, even if the government decides a case is worth pursuing in court, it’s still rare that anyone does more than pay a fine for these charges.

Think nothing is as emblematic of this country as apple pie? Or maybe baseball is the ne plus ultra of the American dream? You’ve clearly never seen a tractor square dance.

He's not kidding: The competition for the United States' $1 billion Christmas tree industry is fierce. Each year farmers who sell directly to customers must go head to head with tr...