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In the early 1940s William George Pope, and his wife Mildred "Moodie” Pope, left Utica, NY and bought a farm. They named it High Acres, and started raising Ayeshire Cattle. Pope ...

A look at the faces from one of Britain’s most important agricultural shows.

Numbers from N.O.A.A. make one fact abundantly clear: When it comes to aquaculture, the U.S. remains a tiny fish in an growing Asian pond.

Nibbling on black gold was once a delicacy only a few could afford. Only now it’s paddlefish, not people, paying the price.

I have never seen literature concerning correlations between psychology and light exposure in animals. But there is a strong correlation between daylight and breeding.

A mother cow tracks her calves by scent, and will grow anxious if separated. Smell is the main love currency between bulls and their mates. And cows have proven skittish about the ...

If you haven’t seen tractor videos out of Russia, you haven’t really lived.

Washington’s Vashon Island is at an unusual crossroads. This rural community of 10,000, located just west of Seattle, has long been the closest the city has had to a farm corridor. With several hundred acres of land used for farming, most Vashon residents don’t just know their neighbors, they buy food from them. And, as island lore has it, this locavore spirit has also applied to marijuana since the 1970s.

Even the people who make candy corn will tell you it’s nowhere near a universally beloved treat.