Purdue Diversified Food and Farming Systems is an Extension program made up of an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, extension educators, students, practitioners and partners. The Diversified ...

It’s a tough time for farmers across the nation. Many have lost crops or delayed planting due to extreme weather events related to climate change, including flooding, droughts, and wildfires. Total ...

Oklahoma State University recently has received a $719,000 United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to help new farmers and ranchers get their start in ...

At dawn in a village field, a farmer bends to the soil and runs it through his fingers. It is dark, soft, alive. There is no smell of chemicals, no white residue on the leaves. What grows here is not ...

Beginning farmers will be eligible for financial planning and technical assistance under new U.S. Department of Agriculture projects delivered through the University of Wisconsin System, the Michael ...

New funding has been announced for Renewing the Countryside’s Upper Midwest Farmland Access Hub, to improve farmland access outcomes for all stages of beginning farmers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and ...

AMES, Iowa (AP) -- The Bush administration has proposed a 2007 Farm Bill that will help more young people break into the farming business, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Tuesday. ``I'll ...

Mechanicsburg, PA, Nov. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Horizon Farm Credit recently awarded $100,000 in prizes to ten beginning farmers through their Farmers on the Rise program. Each recipient received ...

These days, it seems we’re hearing more and more talk about “big ag.” While the words are tossed out freely, it’s not clear whether the idea is to paint farming as a “big” industry or to slap a ...

Celebrate the beginning of fall with this weekend's fourth annual Farm Harvest Festival. Guests will have an opportunity to see what the university farm’s Farm Food Program has produced for Bon ...