Topic: U.S. Farming

Recent rains across the United States have done little to ease woes in the agricultural sector, with data showing more than half of the corn and soybeans crops are in areas of drought.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is joining partners in Alaska to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas where invertebrate seafood and seaweed can be cultivated.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate inaugurated the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, in Manhattan, Kans., Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday announced $10.7 billion in funding to help give American farmers access to clean energy, the largest investment in rural electrification in almost 90 years.

A big Moroccan locust outbreak in Afghanistan's "wheat basket" could cause massive crop losses and dramatically worsen food insecurity, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

The number of U.S. fish stocks being overfished improved slightly last year, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said in a report issued Thursday.

Eleven states are slated to receive nearly $585 million in federal funding, as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to fix aging dams and water infrastructure following years of drought.

The United States Department of Agriculture is investing almost $10 million in forest nursery and seed partnerships for reforestation.

Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been detected in Santa Barbara County, Calif., as worries about the disease's spread to mammals continued to mount.

Former Vice President Al Gore will open the first Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit this May in Washington, D.C., to increase collaboration and investment for climate-smart agriculture and food systems.