Technology is transforming agriculture, creating high-tech, high-paying jobs and attracting a diverse workforce to farming.

But the modern agricultural sector offers a much wider range of career paths as well. As technology, sustainability and ...

The global population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the potential of python farming as a novel form of livestock for commercial use. Livestock rearing has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Livestock farming has repeatedly come under the microscope in ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. An international team of researchers conducted a 12-month ...

Women play a vital role in American agriculture—contributing through production, advocacy, education, and entrepreneurship, while also strengthening rural communities through leadership and outreach.

Learn the basics of humane farm animal care, including polled genetics in dairy cattle, why are antibiotics given to livestock, and lamb, calf, and piglet castration methods.

A University of Idaho report found the state's agriculture resulted in a record $44.5 billion in sales and accounts for 17.2% of the state's total economic output.