In 2022, the USDA announced its Organic Transition Initiative (OTI) to expand organic agriculture by providing more direct support and technical assistance to producers across the United States. The $300 million program is the biggest single investment into organic ever made by the department. The ...
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team is exploring the potential of sweet sorghum ethanol as an income source for producers in western Nebraska. Sweet sorghum is a cultivar of sorghum primarily grown for its juice. Due to its high sugar content and stability during drought, researchers ha...
Farmworkers may perceive injuries and pain to be a normal part of the farmworker lifestyle [8]; however, recent evidence suggests that injury and a worker's mental health status are related [9]. Both stress and depression have been linked to occupational injuries in agriculture among both ...