There are three types of cover crops to consider planting in September. Winter-killed crops are perfect for growers with cold fall and winter seasons, as the freezing conditions that come on kill off ...

The USDA has kept cheese and other dairy products in cold-storage caves for decades. But their purpose has shifted over the years.

How agriculture and conservation are coming together for the survival of the endangered monarch butterflies.

Others, categorized as drought-tolerant crops, require very little. So, if you’re short on water, there’s no need to let it stop you from growing. There are a number of crops you can plant that ...

Earlier this month, the FDA approved genome-edited cattle for use in meat production. They were bred with climate change in mind, and they have extremely slick, short hair, which is said to help the ...

How does milk get made? It's a process that is far more shrouded in mystery than it used to be. Modern Farmer spent two days at Ronnybrook Farm in upstate New York to get an inside look at the ...

Technically, humane slaughter became law in the United States with the 1958 Humane Slaughter Act, intended to prevent the "needless suffering” of livestock during slaughter. But while it's one thing ...

The Jacu bird has an excellent eye for coffee beans -- which makes its excrement some of the most expensive coffee in the world.

In the forests of Hawaii's Big Island, one-ton wild cattle are easily the biggest and most dangerous game for hunters. But what are they even doing there?

Over the past decade, the European Union has been tightening its regulatory grip on neonicotinoid insecticides in response to an increasingly strong body of research suggesting they are lethal for ...

Leafcutter ants are industrious creatures known for expertly carving up foliage and then carrying it back in pieces to their colony, creating neat lines of undulating green armies. They use the leaves ...

At the end of February, the town board of Lind, Wisconsin voted against changing the zoning laws to allow a nearby 600-cow dairy to install an anaerobic digester. These digesters are becoming more ...