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Understanding the causes of injuries in ag occupations can help improve safety and policy measures. However, obtaining a comprehensive overview of injuries is hindered by the absence of a central reporting system.

It’s important the friends, family, and business professionals close to farmers are prepared and able to effectively communicate in a mental health crisis.

Alan Hoskins, president of American Farm Mortgage, shares his expectations for the economy and how it changes the buying process.

This month’s Rural Mainstreet Index marks the fifth-straight month where the index has been below the growth neutral mark.

For long-term success, farm leaders should regularly assess the landscape of their operation and adjust their strategies accordingly.

It's not easy to be an award-winning FFA advisor, but Riley Hintzsche of Streator Township High School in Illinois, makes it look that way. Here's one of his secrets and how that's making an impact on the pork industry.

When an environmental group announced it was taking people on an aerial surveillance of Eastern North Carolina to “document and expose” animal feeding operations, Jen Kendrick decided to do the same. Here's what she saw.

How much is a farm at risk from a technical tsunami?

The July Ag Economists' Monthly Monitor showed several key changes from June including a bigger cut to corn and soybean yields, a drop in corn and soybean prices and more bullish cattle and hog prices.

Follow this strategy to reduce turnover and increase morale on your farm team.

“You can begin at any point in the year, but the power of this is that by improving yourself first, others follow,” says Mark Faust, president of Echelon Management.

We are more than the hours we work and the services we provide. We are people, friends, family, and community. You are important, you are loved, and you are worthy of conversation, caring, and love.

Terry Wolters was one of a handful of pork producers who watched Supreme Court justices grill attorneys with questions during oral arguments on Oct. 11 in NPPC v. Ross challenging the constitutionality of Prop 12.

“Reducing is not enough; we must do something different,” urged Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech, during the Alltech ONE Conference on May 23.

In hot-box style, five diverse farm technologies—Salin 247, Susterre, Phinite, BovIQ, and Holganix—took center stage at Top Producer Summit in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 15.

Is now the time to expand your tech expertise? 

“The wild hog is very possibly the most dangerous animal in the wild. And he knows no enemies and he knows no fear,” says Hank Berdine of the Mississippi Levee Board in a new video series, Feral Swine in America.

The pivotal moment in the journey to more sustainable livestock production is now, says Brett Kaysen of the National Pork Board. Here's a look at how the pork and poultry industries are driving progress.

USDA announces details of the second round of CFAP payments.

There are 1,000 prizes up for grabs during your attendance of Farm Journal Field Days, which runs Aug. 25-27.

Farm Journal Field Days is days away! Plan to join us Aug. 25-27 for this free event.

We have a full three-day agenda covering topics including strategies to deal with financial stress to balancing equipment with manpower and much more. 

New research has yielded several key findings on what farmers know about water-related issues, their concern around water resources, and conservation actions they take.

The students in the Holmen, Wisconsin, school district FFA program raise most of the protein, fruits and vegetables that supply the cafeterias in the district.

What is the most concerning human resource matter for agribusinesses? Competing for talent.

In a newly published study, researchers dug into how fertilizing with manure affects soil quality, compared with inorganic fertilizer.

A change to remedy unintended consequences of the tax code could pass through Congress by the end of the month.

The U.S. Commerce Department has recommended that President Donald Trump impose tariffs on aluminum imports from all countries.