Trump’s Deportations Are Causing Farm Labor Issues

This story is is supported by funding from the Chicago Region Food Systems Fund. President Donald Trump’s deportation of more than half a million people, along with his ending of several programs that allowed immigrants to work in the U.S....

Trends in Sugar Beet Harvesting

Sugar beet harvesting advances with automation, soil protection, and digital logistics for cleaner, more efficient and competitive production By Dr Klaus Ziegler, Eibelstadt; Christoph Ott, Eibelstadt; Dr Oliver Schmittmann,Bonn, Germany. 03...

Farmers harvest rice in rice field in Vientiane, Laos

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 2, 2025 shows farmers harvesting rice in a rice field in Vientiane, Laos. Local farmers have recently been busy harvesting the rice as the harvest season comes. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua) An aerial drone...

United Way of Jamaica unveils 1.5M fund to restore farming communities

United Way of Jamaica unveils 1.5M fund to restore farming communities Help is on the way for farming communities in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. This as non-profit group, United Way Jamaica launches the Restoration and...

Farmers in Savelugu schooled in Okra Varietal Selection Under VACS Project 

By Solomon Gumah, GNA Libga, (NR) Nov. 3, GNA – Farmers in Libga, a farming community in the Savelugu Municipality have joined researchers from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)–Crops Research Institute in a varietal...

Southwest Ohio farmer says drought and disease cut into 2025 yields

News Southwest Ohio farmer says drought and disease cut into 2025 yields November 3, 2025 By Erin Anderson Filed Under: Crops, News, Ohio A southwest Ohio farmer says drought and disease cut into his 2025 yields. Eric Tipton tells Brownfield,...

MN's soon-to-be frozen farm fields hold future clean jet fuel

Pretty soon, Minnesota's farm fields will be in a deep freeze, but some seeds will still be doing their work as farmers try out a winter-hardy crop at the forefront of a production process to create cleaner fuel for commercial jets. This fall, the...

Farmers Optimistic of Bumper Harvest in 2025 Cropping Season

By Haddy Touray The President of the National Coordinating Organization for Farmers Associations, The Gambia (NACOFAG), Mr. Musa Sowe, has expressed optimism that a bumper harvest will be achieved during the 2025 cropping season. His remarks...

Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival A Platform For The ‘Expanse Of Black Brilliance’

CHICAGO — A weeklong festival showcasing films that chronicle the Black experience across the diaspora will return to Chicago this November. The Black Harvest Film Festival will celebrate its 31st year Friday through Nov. 16 at the School of the...

Rain threatens soybean harvest

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor website, as of 8 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, most of eastern Kansas is at D0 (abnormally dry) to D1 (moderate drought conditions). While our pastures and wheat acres were needing the moisture, the recent rains and...

Column: What the 2025 Brazil Coffee Harvest Can Teach Us About the Future

Photo by Jonas Ferraresso. Another year has passed for coffee in Brazil, and the 2025 crop is now virtually 100% picked, in storage and ready for commercialization. I’d like to take this opportunity to share some observations about the 2025 and...

Hull Co-op agronomy team has developed mutual trust with farmers

HULL—It’s a matter of trust. That’s how Hull Cooperative Association general manager Evan Wielenga describes the relationship the co-op’s agronomy team has with the farmers they serve. It’s done through a dual approach. “Two main areas — our...

Great Neck Park District adds hayride to Harvest Festival

The Great Neck Park District’s Harvest Festival featured a petting zoo. Photo provided by Great Neck Park District There was something for everyone at Great Neck Park District’s annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, Oct. 26: Outdoor television...

President Museveni Launches Nationwide Fish Farming Drive in Serere.

By Philp Aguta President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced a major nationwide fish farming initiative aimed at restoring wetlands, boosting irrigation, and increasing household incomes. Speaking during a campaign rally at the Serere District...

Nutria Infestation Expands Across Western Japan, Farmers Ravaged

HYOGO, Nov 04 (News On Japan) - Farmers across western Japan are facing mounting losses from the growing population of nutria, large semi-aquatic rodents originally brought from South America. Once imported for their fur, the animals have become a...

Sweet Wheel Farm Expands Food with Dignity Program Across Santa Barbara County

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara County, CA — For nearly seven years, the Santa Barbara Agriculture and Farm Education Foundation (SBAFEF) has quietly nourishing communities across the county,...

Govt probes complaints of Re 1 crop damage claims; warns insurers against playing jokes with farmers

Taking a stern view, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday ordered a probe into complaints that some farmers have received crop insurance claims as low as Re 1. Wondering whether insurers are playing "jokes" with the farmers,...

Northwest Indiana farmer says harvest 2025 nearing completion  

News Northwest Indiana farmer says harvest 2025 nearing completion November 3, 2025 By Erin Anderson Filed Under: Crops, Indiana, News A northwest Indiana farmer says she expects to wrap up the 2025 harvest season by mid-November. Denise...

India News | Assam Governor Inaugurates Two-day Conclave on Development of Dairy, Animal Husbandry, Cooperatives

Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 3 (ANI): Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya inaugurated a two-day conclave on the Development of Dairy, Animal Husbandry, and Cooperatives in Assam at the Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati. The...

Michigan potato farmers beat the rain: Walther Farms recap harvest

News Michigan potato farmers beat the rain: Walther Farms recap harvest November 3, 2025 By Nicole Heslip Filed Under: Michigan, News Dry conditions brought an early end to Michigan’s potato harvest in October. Megan Vande Giessen works at Walther...