On one of my flights earlier this year, I sat next to a lady who wanted to have a conversation. She asked me what I do, so I told her I’m president of the American Farm Bureau, the nation’s largest ...

1.9 million farms dot America’s rural landscape, and 95% are operated by families – individuals, family partnerships or family corporations (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022). Family farms and ranches ...

As reported by USDA data and recently highlighted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more than three-fourths of household income for farm families comes from off the farm. Per USDA data, ...

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -More than 2,000 people turned out for USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum last week to hear the projections of agriculture’s paramount analytical organization. But ...

According to geologist David Montgomery, author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, the world loses roughly 23 billion tons of good soil each year. At this rate, it will all be gone within 150 ...

Even with all the technological advancements and how faster paced the world has become in the last couple of centuries, there is a timeless part of society that is as important as ever. Farming might ...

There are no shortage of facts and opinions about food, farming, and the intersection of hunger, health and politics these days. But at its 2015 Global Food Security Symposium on Thursday, The Chicago ...

USDA Study Underscores Value of Inland Waterways to U.S. Agriculture. On August 28, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) for Civil Works R.D. James ...

Just in time for the approach of fall, Jennifer Garner has a few lessons for us. In a video posted on Instagram, Garner shared some “nerdy farm facts” about pumpkins from her very own pumpkin patch.

On Sunday, Aug. 25, the actress, 52, shared an Instagram video of herself spending some time on her pumpkin patch and provided some tips on how to grow the vegetable. “Nerdy farm facts,” she said as ...