Farmers

Organic dairy and other livestock farmers are seeking emergency federal aid as they grapple with skyrocketing organic feed costs, steep fuel and utility expenses as well as the consequences of drought in many parts of the country.  Two dozen U.S. senators and representatives wrote to U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Tom Vilsack this week asking for emergency assistance for these...

A centuries old laughing ceremony was held in Japan over the weekend, where about 20 farmers took turns laughing three times to express thanks, pray for good harvests and forget the suffering they experienced in 2022.

As consumers increasingly look to explore locally-produced and artisan food options, and with goat cheese remaining quite popular, agriculture officials in Vermont say they are getting more and more calls from people looking to explore goat or sheep farming.

A Minnesota farmer is accused of making $46 million by passing off chemically treated corn and soybeans as organically grown.

President Joe Biden is vowing to help American farmers try to ease a global spike in food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He visited a family farm in Illinois on Wednesday and unrolled policies meant to increase harvests in ways that the administration believes could also help to reduce grocery bills at home. The Democrat is making a pitch...

Police in Vermont’s largest city are investigating a crime that’ll surely leave you shaking your head — one believed to have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent honeybees. “It’s just beyond imagination,” beekeeper Ron Hernandez said Friday as he worked to secure a mess left by a destructive drive earlier this week. Hernandez estimated 150,000 honeybees...

It appears someone went off-roading through farmlands on the outskirts of Burlington, smashing beehives as they went.