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Healthy soil is the foundation of productive, sustainable agriculture. Learn about the four principles of soil health, and how you can work with the land, not against it.

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#FridaysOnTheFarm: Training to Grow Success

In this week’s #FridaysOnTheFarm, we meet Carlos Gonzalez Torrez, an experienced farmworker and student at the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Ass...

New Science Shows Benefits of Grazing Native Warm-Season Grasses

When it comes to keeping cows fat and happy, the newest available science shows integrating native grasses into grazing lands is a good option for agr...

The monarch butterfly’s western population, found on west of the Rocky Mountains, spend their winters along the Pacific coast. Photo courtesy of the Xerces Society.

Farms and Ranches Can Provide Needed Sanctuary for Struggling Western Monarchs

The monarch butterfly – the iconic black-and-orange butterfly known for its epic migrations – has seen significant population declines since the 1980s...

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Get Access to Your Farmers.gov Portal

The vision of farmers.gov is to provide farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners with online self-service applications, educational materials, engagem...

Garland Hampton grows several crops in his high tunnels, including okra.

From Football to Farming: Urban Agriculture in Dallas

It’s not every day you see a thriving farm on a former football field, watch children excitedly eat their veggies in the schoolyard where they planted...

Eugenie Doyle (left) and Sam Burr (right) with their son Silas (center) run Last Resort Farm in Monkton, Vermont. Photo by Amy Overstreet, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Faces of Vermont Agriculture: New Video Series

I have farmed with my husband, Sam Burr, since 1979. We started with dairy, first milking registered Jerseys, and over the years, we’ve diversified ou...

Healthy soil generally looks dark, crumbly, and porous, and is home to earthworms and other organisms. Fisher recommends soil tests at least every four years to learn about factors you can’t necessarily see, such as pH and fertility.

Five Questions Non-Operator Landowners Should Ask Their Farmers about Soil Health

More than half of all cropland in the United States is rented. This means the person who owns the land – a non-operator landowner – is often separate ...

USDA works to ensure that veterans looking to start a new career on a farm have the tools and resources they need to succeed.

Are You a Veteran Interested in Farming? USDA Can Help.

Chris Barnes grew up farming with his grandfather and knew one day he would farm the land himself. Chris purchased the family farm in Bastrop County, ...

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