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Intensive farming of the past decades has helped to feed millions of hungry people but it has often led to the degradation of land and water systems on which food production depends. Source: Daily Herd Network

In 2000, scientists determined that we would need to double food production by the year 2050 in order to feed a hungry world.

Over the next three to five years, agribusiness companies are likely to face increased market volatility and higher prices, according to a new Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) report.

Over the next three to five years, agribusiness companies are likely to face increased market volatility and higher prices, according to a new Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) report.

Over the next three to five years, agribusiness companies are likely to face increased market volatility and higher prices, according to a new Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) report.

Prices for grains other agricultural commodities will probably continue rising in 2011 as “precariously balanced� fundamentals and a La Nina phenomenon contribute to wide price swings, Rabobank analysts said.

The top 100 questions for global agriculture

Tom Sleight remembers the advice his father gave him in case he wanted to take over the family’s farm in Dutchess County: Don’t do it.

Considered to be among the top awards a dairyman can receive, the National Dairy Shrine’s Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder award is every modern breeder’s dream.

Bovine tuberculosis controls specific to cattle in Wales could soon apply to camelids, goats and deer.

Labor has released its agriculture policy for the federal election, but there's nothing in it that hasn't already been promised.

The decline in U.S. cattle herd numbers continues. Though that's good news for market prices for ranchers, it could lead to a change in consumer habits that could ultimately rob beef of some marketshare, says Purdue University Extension livestock economist Chris Hurt in a recent report.

WOOSTER, Ohio — While the county fair may be the highlight of most 4-H and FFA projects, how well they do depends on knowledge, time and preparation.

DEFRA secretary Caroline Spelman faces further scrutiny after it emerged that her husband helps run the company in charge of the £350m computer system at the Rural Payments Agency.

Australian Wool Innovation chairman Wal Merriman has faced torrid questioning from a Senate Estimates committee. Source: ABC Rural