America’s airlines have ambitious plans for using more biofuel, and the feedstocks in their sights include obscure oilseed crops such as camelina that could provide a new income stream for farmers ...

A recent USDA statistic making the rounds suggests that only 13% of U.S. farms purchase crop insurance. This figure is being cited by critics of crop insurance, particularly those interested in ...

SALEM — An altered legal definition has caused another plot twist in Oregon’s legislative debate over canola, complicating efforts to extend a 500-acre cap on the crop. As an unintended consequence of ...

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two ...

A new study offers a more precise picture of exactly where and how warming will affect our ability to grow food. Global food security could be notably impacted by a marked decline in crop diversity if ...

Since 1996, crop plants genetically modified to produce bacterial proteins that are toxic to certain insects, yet safe for people, have been planted on more than 200 million hectares worldwide. The ...

The show looks at how small, alternative-crop farms thrive among corn and soybean fields. Central Illinois has field upon field of corn and soybeans. Hidden among these row crops are small 15-acre and ...