innovating agriculture

The Western Farm Show in Kansas City, Missouri, is a long way from Silicon Valley.But here in a huge arena, set in what used to be the Kansas City…

Last year, Deirdre Price moved from her urban, super-dense Pittsburgh northside neighborhood to a slightly suburban one in the South Hills. Like a lot of…

According to figures from the USDA, more than 21 million tons of food sold in stores every year, never makes it to consumers.In this video from Oregon…

Agriculture advocates are welcoming progress on state legislation that would slow rising property taxes for farmers. The Senate passed a bill last week…

The Innovation Trail recently concluded a week of reporting on a range of stories about innovation in the state's agricultural sector with a two-hour live…

The quiet farming community of Alabama, N.Y. sits amongst acres of farm and wetland. It’s also the site chosen for a new Science Technology and…

Most of the time, Eric Andrus is a beef and rice farmer. But lately, he’s learning to be a boat builder. On this day, he’s in the barn, sanding the hull…

Smaller farms in upstate New York are being squeezed by the valuation mechanisms that peg taxation to land values.One of those challenges is property…

Peter Borst has been a beekeeper since 1974 and takes a longer view of the industry’s recent struggles. In 2006, beekeepers began reporting the widespread…

New York is the second biggest apple producing state in the country. But, last year production dropped dramatically due to a warmer winter, early blooms,…