When President Obama signed the 2014 Farm Bill on the Michigan State Campus recently he gave U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, his pen and should have given her a Medal of Honor for shepherding ...

Suppose you’re a homeowner who intentionally neglects your property, refusing to make basic repairs and even creating unsafe conditions like exposed wires or leaky pipes. Now suppose your house, not ...

Modern agriculture likes to present a unified public front in which earnest farmers stress their solidarity and good intentions. Sometimes I half expect them to break into a chorus of "Kumbaya." ...

Regular readers of this column (whose number can be counted on one hand) know what to expect with Plain Living. I write mostly about good farming practices, sound trade policies and the importance of ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

Chris Grotegut has earned a reputation in the High Plains of Texas for farming practices that have helped replenish the region’s depleted aquifer. Just over a decade ago, he began converting his ...

STARYE DOROGI DISTRICT, 16 August (BelTA) – During his working trip to Starye Dorogi District, Minsk Oblast, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has emphasized the importance of good farming ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Arlyn and Sue Kauffman family, owners of Green Ridge Family Farm in Weldon, Iowa. “The Kauffmans are great ...

Companies are increasingly becoming interested in regenerative agriculture to meet growing consumer demand for agricultural goods that advance environmental, climate and social justice goals, but ...