Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms. In fact, long-established ...

A California farmer wheat farmer faces up to $35 million in fines for violating federal wetlands regulations. But it's unclear whether the law in question was supposed to apply to him, and the rules ...

After kissing his three children good-night this spring, Aaron Newell settled in to binge-watch the “Avengers” movies ahead of the franchise’s new theater release, “Avengers: Endgame.” Mr. Newell’s ...

It’s been six years since John Duarte set out to grow wheat on 500 acres south of Red Bluff. But no crop has been harvested since he planted wheat in 2012. Only weeds grow on the 450-acre plot ...

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- It was windy and a little chilly outside at a farm near Watsontown, but that did not stop more than 100 people from plowing the fields here. "Just get out, enjoy yourself and ...

A California farmer agreed Tuesday to pay $1.1 million for plowing federally protected wetlands on his wheat field, according to the Department of Justice. This ends a five-year legal battle over the ...

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Josh Stevens does something not many people do any more. “It’s a dying breed,” he said as he prepared his Belgian horses, Buck and Dan. “I don’t know anyone who does this ...

MERCED, Calif. (AP) -- Heavy storms have dealt some California cotton farmers a setback as they race to meet the deadline to plow down fields after a bumper crop. The Merced Sun-Star reports that ...

Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms. Traditional plow-based ...