Cost of production per bushel of corn ran from $6.92 for the lowest 10% of farm operations to $3.19 for the top 10% of farms.

When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...

Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...

University of Kentucky’s Kenny Burdine shares strategies small operations should consider to improve their profitability.

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced last week that it will cut the Regional Food Business Center (RFBC) program, which provides grants to small and medium-sized local farm and food ...

Focused on Quality Food and Community Learning Jupiter Creamery Farm sits on ten acres in Jupiter Farms, Florida, operating as a small, 100 percent grass fed micro dairy with a clear focus on quality ...

The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day proved that dedicated growers won’t let summer temperatures dampen their enthusiasm for learning. Despite the hot weather, 63 attendees gathered at the Purdue ...

Large-scale family farms, which have more than $1 million in annual gross cash farm income, account for 50% of U.S.

Driving up a dirt road to the small produce stand at Bear Butte Gardens just outside Sturgis, one would never imagine the incredibly diverse ways that the organic farm is capitalizing on the rising ...

Small-scale farms play a crucial role in creating global food security. But farmers of small farms often find themselves facing insecure land tenure, climate risk, unequal terms of trade and ...