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Human cultures have long asked the skies for rain, but we’ve gotten scientific about it in the last 200 years.

We tell you what each USDA beef grade means, from prime to cutter meat, and how to cook it (or if you even should).

The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: husking corn.

There is a growing backlash against pumpkin spice everything – but the public still slurps it up.

Templeton Rye was a red-hued whiskey that brought “fame and fortune” to the bootlegging farmers of the tiny town of Templeton during Prohibition.

Dear Birdie,

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are working on a new tool to combat the apple scourge: A drone.

Created with rural users in mind, the CitroÁ«n 2CV was designed to fit four comfortably, traverse tough country roads, transport a flat of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking, and was affordable and fuel-efficient.

Rather than plant material, he often appears at the farm made of plush or fabric sewn into a massive costume. Sometimes he's animatronic or an eight-by-eight inflatable. His cheeks...