North Carolina’s poultry farms are everywhere. The state cloaks big poultry in secrecy to the point regulators don’t even know where most of the farms are located. Neighbors complain about the stench ...

Farm income is projected to have decreased in 2024 according to the latest USDA report. (Photo by Preston Keres/USDA) Farm income is forecasted to have decreased in 2024 by 4% from 2023, largely ...

In the recent farm income report, USDA estimated total U.S. net cash income for 2024 at $121.7 billion, which is a decrease of $38.7 billion or 24% from a year earlier. Farm businesses in all regions ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest farm income forecast delivers the first estimates for 2026 while also significantly revising its outlook for 2025. Because USDA did not release its ...

Paula and Dale Boles wonder how their marriage survived the poultry farming years. In 2002, before they borrowed money to build two chicken barns north of Hickory, Case Farms employees assured them ...