agriculture

After months of meetings, a working group shared plans for the future of local agriculture.

The act would set aside funds to support agricultural initiatives in a newly created trust. Representatives expressed concern about redundancy.

The New World screwworm has been detected less than 100 miles from the border with Texas.

A new report shows how organic farming has quietly become the most reliable path to profitability.

Across the Mountain West, where drought and shrinking reservoirs are putting pressure on already limited water supplies, decisions about who uses how much water often hinge on imperfect data. A nonprofit collaboration called OpenET hopes to change that.

Large farms in parts of the Colorado River Basin are paying little — and in some cases nothing — for federally supplied water, even as cities and residents are being asked to conserve, according to a new report.

Researchers are trying to find alternative uses for coal, like construction and farming. Proving that technology works is no small feat, but perhaps the trickier task is shifting how some people feel about coal.

Wyoming ranchers are testing GPS collars to help manage the movement of their livestock.

Levels of hazardous chemical pesticides in the nation’s groundwater are mostly on the decline, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report.

Potash and phosphate are now on the 2025 critical minerals list.