Two animal shelters report receiving as many as 500 unwanted chickens a year. Seems raising your own eggs and meat behind the house isn’t easy, however humane and sustainable it might sound, says Urban Lehner at The Progressive Farmer. The problem … Continued

Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer have earlier-maturing hybrids in their research pipelines that could become available within the next three to five years, enabling Canadian wheat farmers to grow corn. DuPont Pioneer Vice President of Research John Soper told DTN’s Editor-in-Chief … Continued

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History is soliciting stories, photographs and memorabilia from U.S. farmers and ranchers for its upcoming “American Enterprise” exhibition, set to open in May 2015. The museum hopes to showcase innovation within the industry’s consumer … Continued

U.S. agriculture and food companies are struggling to attract enough workers, a problem the industry says is getting worse. Innovation and growing demand for food has led to the creation of thousands of new jobs. As the farm economy has … Continued

The long-simmering lawsuit between Monsanto and DuPont over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds ended in a deal that tosses out the $1 billion jury verdict DuPont was ordered to pay Monsanto last year. Instead, both companies agreed DuPont … Continued

Prices for crop land have zoomed up in the past few years as commodity and food prices have risen. A similar pattern occurred in the 1980s and then farm prices crashed, forcing many producers into bankruptcy. Marcia Zarley Taylor, a … Continued