Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener My mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetable...

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year's deadly listeria outbreak, U.S. Agriculture...

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will commemorate the 135th anniversary of the Second Morrill Act with a series of milestone events throughout the 2025-26 academic year, high...

Late summer and early fall are a great time to enjoy the harvest from various seasonal fruit trees, vines, and even bogs. So, what does potential protection for some of these crops look like this year...

What a weeklong weather story Hurricane Erin has been. We've got state assistant climatologist Corey Davis here. Corey, what have been the impacts along the coastline from Erin as it’s starting ...

Finding enough labor is a key concern for U.S. agriculture, especially in the fruit and vegetable sector. Oregon farmer Mike McCarthy said produce growers have no option to automate labor functions li...

As someone who proudly declares, “I’m very partial to doing a charcuterie board,” USDA food safety expert Meredith Carothers lives up to the title. Her expertise is especially timely...

By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping closer to the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing wav...

By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast were met with rip current warnin...

What does USDA's latest look at pulses reveal about forecasted planted acreage and other trends? Planted acreage projected for pulses, dry beans, chickpeas, dry peas and lentils for this year, accordi...