CONCORDIA, Mo. — Corn and soybeans once covered Josh Payne’s farm as far as the eye could see. Tidy rows of green and brown marched across his 600 acres from spring to fall, kept in line by tillage ...

Many farms have trouble being profitable when the main crop or resource has a poor harvest. By diversifying your farm, you can often smooth out some of the irregularities in farm income.

The most common form of diversification is letting out buildings for commercial purposes, with storage, workshops and office ...

The spirit of agricultural entrepreneurship is alive and well, embodied in the business ventures of hard-charging producers. Three such farmers are stepping back from a complete focus on bulk ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X HILLPOINT, Wis. – Patrick McCluskey is a busy guy between tapping maple trees as well as managing ...

CU Boulder’s Zia Mehrabi is one of three researchers named international champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize for research that finds environmental and social benefits of agricultural ...

BISMARC, N.D. - Officials think education could increase interest in a new type of crop insurance that also may give farmers who diversify a boost. Whole farm crop insurance became available in North ...

John Kennel with a photo of his father and grandfather at Majestic Oaks Farm. SUVER, Ore. — John Kennel lifts a picture of his father and grandfather from the wall of his Majestic Oak Farms office.

Setting up and running a new venture can present a raft of challenges. We get tips from three farm businesses with very different diversifications. The Granary Estates in Cambridgeshire is part of a ...