America’s beef cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest level in decades, helping drive beef prices higher. For years, strong consumer demand absorbed those increases — but there are signs shoppers may finally be pulling back.
From SNAP cuts to farm survival, the policies behind your grocery bill are shifting in real time.
The New York Times profiles a Pennsylvania family preparing to sell their last herd of dairy cows.
International institutions say oil, gas and fertilizer spikes will hit vulnerable, import-dependent economies hardest.
Record heat and vanishing soil moisture threaten planting season, with beef prices already climbing.
Rising costs, labor shortages, and succession challenges are reshaping the future of family farms.
As tech companies hunt for land to power AI infrastructure, one farming family refused to trade 200 years of history for a data center.
Rising costs, trade pressures, and consolidation leave fewer small farms able to pass to the next generation.
As fertilizer prices spike and supplies tighten, farmers face a season defined by risk.
In a New York Times opinion essay, Brooks Lamb warns that hundreds of millions of acres of farmland will soon change hands — and argues that policies must help young farmers access land before consolidation accelerates.