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The University of Wyoming Extension recently published the 2021 Specialty Crop Directory. The directory is divided up by county and lists over 800 producers of specialty crops statewide.

Back in 2018, the Powell Research and Extension Center started researching how ancient grains would grow in the Bighorn Basin as an alternate crop for farmers.

Farmers in parts of the West are experiencing some of the worst drought conditions in nearly two decades. The dryness presents challenges in keeping a farm or ranch viable, and in how farmers deal with mental health concerns.

Heat waves induced by climate change will threaten future agricultural crops at a faster rate than gradual global warming, according to a new study...

The sugar beet harvest is underway across the Mountain West. It’s a big industry that depends on accurate weather forecasts and a reliable workforce –...

Most of the West has been experiencing drought this year. Bart Miller, with the environmental group Western Resource Advocates, said that the water levels…

University of Wyoming researchers are studying the best way to deal with a pest problem.Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming Associate Professor at the…

Chris Descheemaeker ranches black angus, red angus cross with her family outside of Lewistown, Montana. The coronavirus pandemic, she says, comes after...

Senior research scientist Thomas Foulke first learned about these ancient grains in France, where he takes students for a yearly agriculture program. He…

When people think of women involved in agriculture, maybe they think of them paying the bills or raising children and keeping the workers fed, but the…