Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Linwood Scott III climbs two-story tobacco cropping machines with real agility and apparently no thought to falling. The sixth-generation tobacco farmer is proud of his machinery…

Back Forty: Barons behaving badly | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Back Forty will bring you periodic reviews, interviews, and reporter insights about the stories they wrote. We hope you enjoy it as a companion to our content on TheFERN.org and our Ag Insider policy…

Drought in Plains a concern for U.S. corn and soy crops | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Drought in the northern Plains, increasingly important in corn and soybean production despite the region's prominence as a wheat-growing region, may foil expectations of near-record U.S.

Agriculture must be part of climate change negotiations, says Farm Bureau | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Although blamed for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture has a "great track record" through land stewardship and biofuels in mitigating climate change, says Zippy Duvall…

Mapping Covid-19 outbreaks in the food system | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Since April, FERN has been closely tracking the spread of Covid-19 at meatpacking plants, food processing facilities, and farms. This dashboard is home to our latest reporting on Covid-19 cases and…