Major Changes: The New Boom in Ag Education

A special report: Colleges of agriculture are reporting record admissions numbers across the U.S. and Canada. We sat down with a group of students and recent graduates to get their take.

Ag School: A Day in the Life

Two agriculture school co-eds at Murray State University shoot a day-in-the-life video.

Ag School Degrees Useless? Think Again

Students and experts react in retrospect to a 2012 Yahoo! article that listed agriculture as the most useless college major.

Big Man on Campus

Dr. Tony Brannon helped create a nationally recognized school of agriculture by “building it on the ground and then standing it up.”

Flying Farmers

Check out events where the worlds of farmers and pilots overlap.

Ram on the Lam

A North Carolina nonprofit helps rescue domestic farm animals, including a certain fugitive sheep.

Growing Spuds: High-Risk, High-Reward

Despite a tough start with a new crop, one farm family held on and found success.

Smaller Farms: Down, But Not Out

Small and midsize farms are decreasing in number, but not importance. One family farmer makes the case and practices what he preaches.

Catching Air: On the Farm with Mitch Keet

This poultry farmer’s son is no chicken. He gained the confidence to fly because of his work in the barn, in the fields and behind the wheel of a tractor.

Seeds They Sow: The Potato Harvest in Maine

The seed potato business in Maine is still about kin, confidence and connecting directly to customers. Visit with Massey Ferguson enthusiast Bob Bartlett as he harvests seed potatoes on his farm in Aroostook County, Maine.

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