“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” In his 15 years of farming full time, Quentin Connealy has weathered his share of storms — literally. The first major flood hit in 2011. Three more came in 2019. The waters rose again in 2024…

Five-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan will headline his 17th Farm Tour in 2026 and will return for a second consecutive year to play spring dates in California on May 14, 15, and 16, 2026. Special guests for the event will be announced at a later date. “We had…

The owner of a butcher shop in Tooele County, Utah, is facing aggravated animal cruelty charges after being accused of cutting the hoof off a conscious steer without first sedating it, according to charging documents and federal inspection records. The alleged incident took place on November 5, 2025, at Tooele…

Current news headlines have highlighted a 16 percent rise in U.S. sales of medically important antibiotics that are used in food-producing animals in 2024. The news stories are based on information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s data officially released last month. However, the FDA’s report has a broader…

New tools. New markets. New ways forward. Agriculture as an innovation engine. A place where practices evolve to meet the needs of billions of people. Yet rarely do we ask a harder question: Who has been innovating without access all along? When land, capital, and formal pathways were restricted or…

John Deere announced plans to open two new U.S.-based facilities — in Indiana and North Carolina — an expansion the company says will create more than 300 jobs and increase its domestic manufacturing and distribution capacity. The announcement comes as the equipment maker has faced scrutiny over workforce reductions in…