WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is revising its definition of what it means to farm, meaning some people who receive farm subsidies but don't do any of the work would receive less government ...

Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on SouthCoast, from the early village traditions of home and hearth, to farmstead and barnyard, to the emerging industries of dairy, beef, poultry ...

Changing the definition of agriculture is a fighting proposition in a county where farmland preservation is part of the community’s very identity. Napa County is updating its county code so the ...

A truism is a self-evident claim, something so obvious that its truth can't be questioned. To anyone involved with Upper Midwest agriculture, the growing size and declining number of area farms is a ...

Napa County is almost finished updating its zoning code definition of agriculture to include marketing and sales, a move some say is merely administrative housekeeping and others say defies the ...

Ryan Zurliene fills a grain bag with corn on a Pocahontas, Il. farm on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Farmers, while buoyed by a strong corn crop, have full silos and are filling bags while awaiting better ...