Farmers

Business disruptions from COVID-19, especially in the dining and hospitality sectors, have food producers getting creative and becoming increasingly more sophisticated with their digital marketing—in order to reach consumers directly and drive new sales. At Orb Weaver Farm in New Haven, Vermont, Kate Turcotte cares for 28 cows, using their milk to make a range of artisan cheeses sold across…

Farmers in Vermont are becoming more sophisticated with their digital marketing amid the coronavirus pandemic to reach consumers directly and drive new sales.

A group of about 50 farm workers went on strike Thursday at a California pistachio farm demanding free face coverings, gloves and information from the farm’s owner after they said they learned from the media that dozens of their coworkers tested positive for the coronavirus, a union official said.

U.S. farmers leaned more heavily upon the federal government last year to finance their agricultural operations amid low commodity prices and trade disputes

“Spot,” a robotic sheepdog, is being trained to help farmers around the world cope with labor shortages.

Dairy farmers are giving away some 8,600 gallons of milk Thursday in Boston as part of a new initiative seeking to put the product to good use despite a plummeting dairy market. The project, called Farmers Feeding Families, seeks to get surplus milk — which would otherwise be thrown away — into the hands of local families who need it…

About 8,600 gallons of milk is being given away Thursday in Boston by local dairy farmers as part of a new initiative seeking to put the product to good use despite a plummeting dairy market.

Dairy farmers across the country have been forced to dump milk they can’t sell into their fields – an awful waste of their hard work, and of valuable food. But a new initiative called Farmers Feeding Families will soon get that surplus milk into the hands of local families that need it most. A national cooperative that represents farms in…

Dairy farmers are giving away more than 8,000 gallons of milk in Boston today in an event called Farmers Feeding Families.

Dairy farmers across the country have been forced to dump milk that they can’t sell, but a new initiative called “Farmers Feeding Families” will soon get milk to those who need it most.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to force the closure of meatpacking plants across the country, hog farmers have had to respond quickly to a rapidly growing backlog of animals in their barns by killing and disposing of pigs

Hector Muñoz owns a coffee farm in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, and hurricanes aren’t the only natural disasters he’s worried about. “If a drought comes it could be catastrophic,” he said. He has reason to be concerned. Powerful El Niños are expected over the next decade and they typically bring drought conditions. Adding to the challenge is the possible impact...

President Donald Trump often points to farmers as among the biggest winners from the administration’s proposed rollback of federal protections for wetlands and waterways across the country. But under longstanding federal law and rules, farmers and farmland already are exempt from most of the regulatory hurdles on behalf of wetlands that the Trump administration is targeting. Because of that, environmental...

All over Wisconsin cow farmers are starting to use robots to milk the cows.

José Nolla Marrero, 17, created E-Farm to help farmers in Puerto Rico sell more of their products throughout the island. Development on Marrero’s online tool came to a halt after Hurricane Maria. A year later, Marrero and the farmers are getting a second shot at making the island more sustainable.

Cranberry farmers have asked the federal government for permission to destroy a quarter of their crop in response to a glut that has kept prices low and growers operating in the red.

President Trump came to Iowa on Thursday, bringing hats that said “Make Our Famers Great Again” and reassuring farmers that new negotiations with Europe could help repair damage from retaliatory tariffs. Meanwhile, in Washington, some House Republicans moved to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, against the will of party leadership.