Why have tech heavyweights, including Google and Microsoft, become so deeply integrated in agriculture? And who benefits from ...

In West Africa, farmers prefer TikTok because of the video content and use of local languages, Phatty-Jobe said. In East Africa, the preference is for Facebook’s written posts because of the higher ...

Farm bill provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act strengthened parts of the farm safety net, but reconciliation ...

If roller coasters aren’t your thing, steer clear of agricultural commodities markets. Intense heat and rain have slammed West Africa’s cacao harvest, forcing cocoa prices to double in 2024.

On a special episode (first released on November 20, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: AI applications in vertical farming have the potential to usher in a new model that not only yields a high volume of ...

When most people picture a farmer, they don’t envision someone teaching math, driving a school bus or managing a bank branch. Yet for the majority of U.S. farm households, income from these off-farm ...

Organic food sales nearly doubled between 2013 and 2022, to more than $61 billion. The top seller, according to the Organic Trade Association, is produce. Those organic fruits and veggies usually come ...