1.9 million farms dot America’s rural landscape, and 95% are operated by families – individuals, family partnerships or family corporations (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022). Family farms and ranches ...

On one of my flights earlier this year, I sat next to a lady who wanted to have a conversation. She asked me what I do, so I told her I’m president of the American Farm Bureau, the nation’s largest ...

The U.S. Congress passed a continuing resolution in late December that included $10 billion in farm economic assistance to offset low commodity prices and $21 billion in disaster assistance to provide ...

As reported by USDA data and recently highlighted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more than three-fourths of household income for farm families comes from off the farm. Per USDA data, ...

New Zealand-based ag tech company Figured wants to build upon your current farm accounting software to help you make real-time decisions. “We want to bring the production data and information, like ...

According to the last U.S. Census of Agriculture (2017), almost half (46.4%) of the farms in Indiana are less than 50 acres. That small farm statistic is a bit higher in Whitley County, at 48%. To ...

Check out these fun facts about farming. Girl power More than 1 million, or 30.2 percent, of America's farmers are women, according to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, the most recent report available.