Soybeans were nothing more than a minor forage crop in the 1940s. It didn’t take long for soybean growing and processing to become a multi-billion-dollar industry. Meanwhile, alfalfa’s importance has ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Farming looked a lot different decades ago, and two eastern Iowans took part in some old school farming Saturday morning. Tom O’Brien spent the morning helping his friend ...

When John Deere picked up a broken bandsaw blade at an Illinois mill, brushed away the sawdust, and carted home the steel in 1837, he set agricultural revolution in motion via industrial scale ...

A showcase of plowing skills will be on full display when competitors make their way to Howell Living History Farm this weekend. This will be the 42nd year for the annual Howell Farm Plowing Match ...

LEWISTOWN VALLEY – The rich history of agriculture in Schuylkill County was celebrated Saturday in the Lewistown Valley. Plow Day 2021 brought young and old alike to the Felty Farm along Catawissa ...

Ramona Fraase says her grandchildren aren't sure what a plow is. But plowing was important enough once to bring 100,000 people, including U.S. presidential and vice presidential candidates, to her ...

In writing about the next steps needed to build a more sustainable food system, I’ve been focusing on local and regional agriculture. But if we’re interested in sustainability, we should also be ...

The Bucher & Gibbs plow discovered on farmland in Pennsylvania has found a home. "I donated it to a local group that Allen Boyd belongs," said Ken Recker of Everett, Pennsylvania, who discovered the ...