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Operations hurt by own efficiency SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Dairy farmers are a hardy lot. They get up early each day to tend to their animals and never stop working until the e...

Along with a little less rain, farmers in Pennsylvania are hoping for the elimination of federal trade tariffs and access to more foreign markets in 2019. “The weather, ...

A Butler County girl won first place in a Department of Agriculture poster contest and will be presented with her prize during the upcoming Pennsylvania Farm Show. Linds...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. — Brenda Rudolph went in February for her first physical in three years, and she flipped out on her doctor about the price of milk, the 38-year-old da...

Rainy growing season blamed The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 reauthorizes crop insurance and conservation programs that farmers rely on during tough times and revi...

EAST MEON, England — Faced with seesawing commodity prices and the pressure to be more efficient and environmentally friendly, farmer Jamie Butler is trying out a new wo...

Hunters asked to keep watch Butler County and the rest of Western Pennsylvania remain free of the destructive spotted lanternfly. Native in China, India and Vietnam, the ...

Farm bankruptcies are on the rise across the upper Midwest. Eighty-four farms filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Mon...

Pennsylvania saw a record planting Butler County farmers planted nearly 12,000 acres with soybeans in 2012 when the crops sold for a record average high of $14.20 per bus...

What a miserable, wet harvest season we’re had, especially compared to last year. And while crops are slowly coming off, two big questions inevitably pop up; “What do I ...