Tens of thousands of blue jackets filled the streets of Indianapolis during the 98th National FFA Convention and Expo last month, as members took part in service projects, general sessions, competitions, industry tours, and more. The National FFA Organization shared the impressive stats from the largest-ever annual gathering of FFA…

Longtime Border Patrol agents have seen their share of creative smuggling attempts, but this one layers on the irony thicker than the cuts at a butcher’s counter. On November 14, Nogales Station Border Patrol agents, at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint near Amado, Arizona, discovered methamphetamine hidden inside packages of…

A new economic analysis released by the Meat Institute shows just how critical meat and poultry processing is to the U.S. economy, especially in rural communities that depend on the industry for jobs, tax revenue, and local investment. According to the report, the meat and poultry processing sector directly contributes…

What if everyday cameras (the same ones in our phones) could reveal the hidden chemistry of crops? Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are making that a reality, turning low-cost RGB cameras into powerful tools that can read plant nutrients, assess crop stress, and even predict growth. Today, farmers…

Synthetic dyes, a byproduct of petroleum, give food the enticing colors that consumers have come to expect. Yet, their association with ultra-processed food (UPF) and allegations of links to hyperactivity in children have driven advocacy groups to call for them to be removed from our food. The movement to ban…

Experts say cost, logistics, and limited state funding could all be contributing to the disadoption of cover crop use. When Levi Lyle was just 6 years old, his father was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. With treatment, his father survived his diagnosis. The ordeal changed how he farmed. “It…