farming

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.

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

Wyoming lawmakers wonder if more fuel management on ranches will help in the face of high insurance costs.

Farmers in Wyoming and across the U.S. face many stressors and they have one of the highest rates of suicide of any occupation. Behavioral health care providers are now being taught a new method to identify depression, anxiety and other issues among farmers.

Gordon said a working group will present a strategy for investments in education, applied research, and innovative farm and ranch management.

A majority of farms in the United States are considered small, and Nevada is no different. Many provide food right back to the local community. But it's becoming increasingly more difficult for them to survive. That's the case for one family-operated farm in Fallon.

A new approach to addressing water scarcity is underway — one that turns farmland into projects that benefit both people and the environment. Researchers say parched Mountain West states could learn from it.

This Casper urban farm expected an AmeriCorps NCCC team. When NCCC disbanded, the community found a way to get one anyway.

Over 300,000 visas were issued last year to foreign farmworkers – a fraction of what the agriculture industry needs for its labor force. That guest worker program is getting new scrutiny from labor and industry critics who have long wanted to overhaul it.