Polk County’s numbers reflect that trend, showing a substantial share of small-acreage operations. About 21% of the county’s ...

Across the United States, small farms are vanishing at an alarming rate. Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms declined by about 140,000, a 7% drop, according to the USDA’s 2022 Census of ...

Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...

Many farming operations will either be passed on to a successor or wound down in the next few years. Here are some tips to ...

When people are asked what a “small farm” is, they may base their answer on the number of acres or number of animals a farm has – and they often assume that there aren’t many of them. However, small, ...

Small farms are the fastest growing category of agricultural operations in the state, a University of Nebraska farm economist said. Greg Helmers said data from the 2002 U.S. Department of Agriculture ...