Earth Day is today, and you can bet there'll be claims that organic crops are somehow "better" for planet Earth than conventional or biotech crops. But it's the biggest misperception in agriculture.

For decades, the discussion around organic farming has centered on important tenets of sustainability, environmental health, animal welfare, and a vision for food that heals rather than harms. But in ...

Earth Day is April 22, and you can bet there’ll be claims that organic crops are somehow better for planet Earth than conventional or biotech crops. It’s the biggest misperception in agriculture.

Mark McHargue is president of Nebraska Farm Bureau. He and his wife, Judi, operate a diversified farm where they raise irrigated corn, popcorn and soybeans using both organic and conventional cropping ...

SKANEATELES, N.Y. (AP) — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. “I love the ones with the pink noses,” he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of about 3,200 cattle at Twin Birch Dairy ...

But as demand grows, organic farms are in decline. Organic acres slid nearly 11% from 2019 to 2021, the latest year of the USDA’s nationwide organic survey, while the number of farms actively ...

WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about how to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land, and water ought to visit the Fehr family’s organic Clear Creek ...

Growth in market presents tremendous opportunity for farmers considering transitioning to organic, but more local processing ...

Expansion of Organic Agriculture in Northeast India GUWAHATI, March 6: The North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR), an autonomous organization under the Department of Science ...

₹2,000 per acre more for opting pulses, oilseeds and cotton instead of paddy, ₹1,200 per acre for straw mgmt, ₹4,500 per acre for adopting DSR ...