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Sick of seeing “drip tape,” the plastic tubing used for short-term drip irrigation, go to waste, Sean Coronis hit upon an idea: weave it into bags. And thus the AgBag was born.

Our semi-regular roundup of interesting agricultural crowdfunding projects.

Coyotes kill over 135,000 sheep a year, and are found in every state in the continental U.S. Can they be contained?

It might come as a surprise, but 96 percent of US crop farms are still family farms. They’ve just gotten much bigger.

For followers of right-to-raw milk issues, the name Alvin Schlangen will no doubt be familiar. Schlangen, a Minnesota egg farmer, underwent a high-profile trial last fall on charge...

The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: buying some new wheels.

When you live in the city or the suburbs, it can be hard to fit everything you want into a small or mid-sized yard. Perhaps you want a large vegetable garden and even a couple of f...

It’s fair to say, most walnut farms never get mentioned on Saturday Night Live. Of course, most walnut farms aren’t powered by their own shells.

Pickens (who I knew from our time together attending Ohio University) meets regularly with the restaurant's chef and the farm's founder Sisha OrtÁºzar to discuss what's growing a...